On Wednesday morning, September 9, 1942, the
submarine I-25, under the command of
Lieutenant Commander Akiji Tagami, surfaced west of
Cape Blanco. The submarine launched a "Glen"
Yokosuka E14Y floatplane, flown by
Warrant Officer Nobuo Fujita and
Petty Officer Okuda Shoji, with a load of two
incendiary bombs of each. Howard "Razz" Gardner spotted and reported the incoming "Glen" from his fire lookout tower on
Mount Emily in the
Siskiyou National Forest. Although Razz did not see the bombing, he saw the smoke plume and reported the fire to the dispatch office. He was instructed to hike to the fire to see what suppression he could do. Dispatch also sent USFS Fire Lookout Keith V. Johnson from the nearby Bear Wallow Lookout Tower. Fujita dropped two bombs, one on Wheeler Ridge on Mount Emily in
Oregon. The location of the other bomb is unknown. The Wheeler Ridge bomb started a small fire due east of
Brookings. The two men proceeded to the location and were able to keep the fire under control. Only a few small scattered fires were started because the bombs were not dropped from the correct height. The men stayed on scene and worked through the night keeping the fires contained. In the morning, a
fire crew arrived to help. A recent rain storm had kept the area wet, which helped the fire lookouts contain the blaze. ==Aftermath==