Brookings, Oregon
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Brookings is a city in Curry County, Oregon, United States. It was named after John E. Brookings, president of the Brookings Lumber & Box Company, who founded the city in 1908. As of the 2020 census,
An aerial view of Brookings, Oregon, and its coastline
Crew looking out of camp building windows, Brookings Timber and Lumber Company, Brookings, c. 1919
Coastline of Brookings as seen from U.S. Highway 101
The climate of Brookings is so mild that palm trees can grow there.
Nobuo Fujita
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Nobuo Fujita was a Japanese naval aviator of the Imperial Japanese Navy who flew a floatplane from the long-range submarine aircraft carrier I-25 and conducted the Lookout Air Raids in southern Oregon
Brookings, Oregon
…second in the continental territory after the bombing of Dutch Harbor to suffer aerial bombardment during World War II. A Japanese floatplane piloted by Nobuo Fujita was launched from submarine I-25. The plane was armed with two incendiary bombs on a mission intended to start massive fires in the dense forests of…
Nobuo Fujita sittingdown
Japanese submarine I-26. The bulbous plane hangar and the catapult are visible forward of the conning tower.
Nobuo Fujita standing by his Yokosuka E14Y "Glen"
Letter of appreciation from Ronald Reagan to Fujita