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Wheeler Ridge Bomb Site
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The Wheeler Ridge bomb site is located in a remote part of the Coast Mountains east of Brookings, Oregon in a mixed redwood forest.  It was here that Japanese pilot Nubuo Fujita dropped one of two bombs during WWII on the American mainland in the attempt to start fires & to distract American forces fighting overseas in the Pacific.  This site marks the first time the US mainland had been bombed from a wartime enemy, though the small fire & crater that was created had been spotted from the nearby Mt. Emily fire lookout & quickly extinguished w/ 60 pounds of bombing schrapnel removed, thus confirming it to be of Japanese origin.  Fujita also partook in other offshore skirmishes along the Oregon coast including shelling Fort Stevens to the north & while this bomb exploded, the second bomb that was dropped in the area did not & has since not yet been found.  Long after the war, Fujita visited the site on several occasions after being greeted by the city of Brookings the first visit in 1962 during the Azalea Festival which had left a favorable impression to him.  He donated his 400 year old family Samurai sword to the city of Brookings & planting a redwood peace tree at the site, often promoting efforts of peace throughout his life until his death in 1997.

Copyright: William L
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Taken: 10/04/2016
Uploaded: 10/04/2016
Published: 10/04/2016
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Tags: wheeler ridge; oregon; woods; bomb site; wwii; world war 2; ii; coast mountains; brookings; japanese; nubuo fujita; national register of historic places; curry county; knedyl
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