This article is about the mountain in southwestern Oregon. For other uses, see Mount Emily (disambiguation).
Mount Emily
Elevation2925 ft
Prominence1285 ft
RangeKlamath Mountains
Parent peakBosley Butte[1]
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyCurry County
Coordinates42.102367047°N 124.152799281°W
TopoUSGS Mount Emily
FetchwikidataALL

Mount Emily (tol: en-may[3]) is a mountain in the Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon in the United States. It is located in southern Curry County in the extreme southwest corner of the state, near Brookings, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) from the Pacific Ocean and 5 miles (8.0 km) from the California state line.

Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site

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Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site
Nearest cityBrookings, Oregon
Coordinates42°4′42″N 124°6′40″W
LocmapinOregon#USA
Sigdate1 labelEvent date
Sigdate 1September 9, 1942
AddedJuly 6, 2006
Arealess than one acre
Refnum06000589[2]

On September 9, 1942, the Japanese submarine I-25 surfaced near Cape Blanco, Oregon, and launched a Yokosuka E14Y "Glen" seaplane piloted by Nobuo Fujita, who dropped incendiary bombs on Mount Emily in an unsuccessful attempt to start a major forest fire.[4] This made Mount Emily the second place in the continental United States to be bombed by an enemy aircraft, with Dutch Harbor occurring three months earlier in Unalaska, Alaska. The site of the bombing was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site in July 2006.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Retrieved 2010-05-17.
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  3. ^ "Siletz Talking Dictionary". Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  4. ^ "Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest: Japanese Bombing Site Trail #1118". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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