Japanese airman dropped a bomb in Oregon during WW2

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11:59a, 4/7/20
Had anyone heard of this story? Just read it in a WW2 magazine.

https://www.eugeneleeslover.com/Japanese_bomb_Oregon.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Fujita

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12:21p, 4/7/20
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I knew they sent over balloons but never knew they actually dropped some bombs on trees.

Why not attack LA or urban area, that would create more panic than a forest fire
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In reply to BQ_90 • 12:31p, 4/7/20
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BQ_90 said:
I knew they sent over balloons but never knew they actually dropped some bombs on trees.

Why not attack LA or urban area, that would create more panic than a forest fire
Forest Fires were seen as a way to restrict timber as a raw material and affect the construction of gliders, ships, etc by diverting manpower to fighting forest fires.



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12:33p, 4/7/20
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How Fear of a WWII Invasion Gave Rise to Smokey Bear

It took an attack on U.S. soil to drive the danger home. In February 1942, a Japanese submarine shelled the Ellwood Oil Field a few miles north of Santa Barbara, California. The 20-minute-long shelling missed its mark; there were no injuries and it inflicted little damage. But it was one of the few attacks of the war that took place on U.S. soil.

The shelling sparked a national invasion panic, with speculation as to just what Axis fighters could be capable of on U.S. soil. The specter of devastating fires loomed large. Not only were local men assisting with the war effort instead of watching for fires, but firefighting had long been considered a local concern.
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12:05a, 4/8/20
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Not a Jap airman, just a Jap balloon loaded with bombs. I've never looked into this too deeply to understand what the release mechanism was, or how it determined when to release its bombs, or did it simple come to ground to detonate. Their intent was to cause fires, but one did kill a family of five that got too close.
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In reply to BQ_90 • 3:33a, 4/8/20
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BQ_90 said:
I knew they sent over balloons but never knew they actually dropped some bombs on trees.

Why not attack LA or urban area, that would create more panic than a forest fire


They tried but a small rag tag group of Army tankers, civil defense sentries and a USAAF pilot stopped them. Only real damage was to an amusement park. Lots of collateral damage due to untrained forces trying to employ new weapons and panicked rioting in the streets.
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In reply to JABQ04 • 4:16a, 4/8/20
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Absolutely correct. An interesting and oft overlooked blip of the war history. The emphasis on the alfalfa fields of Pomona almost had the civil authorities and the single CAP fighter very distracted.

Wasn't or weren't a couple of people kidnapped by the jap sub?
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In reply to RGV AG • 7:02a, 4/8/20
RGV AG said:
Wasn't or weren't a couple of people kidnapped by the jap sub?
Slim Pickens in 1941 sure was ...



A mostly unfunny comedy directed by Steven Spielberg ...
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In reply to BrazosBendHorn • 7:57a, 4/8/20
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BrazosBendHorn said:
RGV AG said:
Wasn't or weren't a couple of people kidnapped by the jap sub?
Slim Pickens in 1941 sure was ...



A mostly unfunny comedy directed by Steven Spielberg ...
Any movie featuring John Belushi flying a P-40 is okay in my book. The scene you posted in definitely the funniest thing in the movie - the look on Slim Pickens' face when he sees the bottle of prune juice cracks me up every time. The crapper scene that followed shortly was pretty funny too.

One of John Williams' best scores, too (the FTAB is playing the 1941 March these days).
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In reply to Ciboag96 • 8:47a, 4/8/20
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Knew about the balloons, this is the first I've heard that a sub-launched plane actually flew over CONUS.
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In reply to Cinco Ranch Aggie • 9:04a, 4/8/20
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One of John Williams' best scores, too (the FTAB is playing the 1941 March these days).
No argument there. I love the 1941 March and often listen to it and a lot of other J Williams scores while walking.
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In reply to BrazosBendHorn • 11:28a, 4/8/20
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" unfunny"? That movie was hysterical. An under appreciated classic. There was something about the timing release and promotion of it that hurt its popularity.

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11:43a, 4/8/20
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Jesus Palomina. A Nazi! I knew it. You're all in cahoots.
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In reply to RGV AG • 12:20p, 4/8/20
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" unfunny"? That movie was hysterical. An under appreciated classic. There was something about the timing release and promotion of it that hurt its popularity.
To me it suffered in comparison to Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and Monty Python & The Holy Grail, all of which I had seen earlier in that decade ... it made me grin at times, but I didn't bust a gut laughing like I did at the other 3 movies ...
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12:58p, 4/8/20
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Not to forget Fort Stevens at Astoria, Oregon. IJN submarine I-25 shelled the fort the night of June 21-22, 1942 making it the only location in CONUS to be shelled by enemy ships in WWII with 17 rounds of 140mm deck gun. Only damage was the fort's baseball back stop.

It is a very cool place. Very close to Lewis and Clark Fort Clatsop's location.



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In reply to JABQ04 • 1:20p, 4/8/20
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JABQ04 said:
BQ_90 said:
I knew they sent over balloons but never knew they actually dropped some bombs on trees.

Why not attack LA or urban area, that would create more panic than a forest fire


They tried but a small rag tag group of Army tankers, civil defense sentries and a USAAF pilot stopped them. Only real damage was to an amusement park. Lots of collateral damage due to untrained forces trying to employ new weapons and panicked rioting in the streets.
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