THIS DAY IN HISTORY Sep 9, 1942: Japanese bomb U.S. mainland On this day in 1942, a Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on an Oregon state forest-the first and only air attack on the U.S. mainland in the war. Launching from the Japanese sub I-25, Nobuo Fujita piloted his light aircraft over the state of Oregon and firebombed Mount Emily, alighting a state forest--and ensuring his place in the history books as the only man to ever bomb the continental United States. The President immediately called for a news blackout for the sake of morale. No long-term damage was done, and Fujita eventually went home to train Navy pilots for the rest of the war.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:10:14 +0000
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