An ultra top secret mission carried out by the Japanese during
World War II. Commissioned in 1942 by Prince Takamatsu (brother
to Emperor Hirohito) Nubuo Fujita (a pilot) and Yukio Okuda (a
navigator) were ordered to attack the U.S. mainland. Their goal
was to cause forest fires that would burn most of America’s
Northwest.  Target: Oregon.   A small single engine
plane(Uokosuka E14Y1) carrying two 160-pound incendiary bombs.
The Mission:  By early September the sub had reached the coast
of Oregon. Fujita was prevented from commencing his attack for
several days due to the poor weather. By September 9 conditions
where sufficient for the mission. Flying east of Brookings,
Fujita ordered Okuda to drop the bombs into the woods. They
quickly circled and returned to their waiting submarine.
Although the sub has spotted from the air it submerged and
escaped sustaining minimal damage.  Only one of the two bombs
exploded, which caused a small fire which destroyed seven trees.
It was soon put out by two forestry looko