Mount Emily is a mountain in the Klamath Mountains

Klamath Mountains

The Klamath Mountains, which include the Siskiyou, Marble, Scott, Trinity, Trinity Alps, Salmon, and northern Yolla-Bolly Mountains, are a rugged lightly populated mountain range in northwest California and southwest Oregon in the United States...

 of southwestern Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

 in the United States

United States

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. It is located in southern Curry County

Curry County, Oregon

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 in the extreme southwest corner of the state, near Brookings

Brookings, Oregon

Brookings is a city in Curry County, Oregon, United States. It was named after John E. Brookings, president of the Brookings Lumber and Box Company, which founded the city in 1908. As of the 2010 census the population was 6,336. The total population of the Brookings area is over 13,000, which...

, approximately 5 miles (8 km) from the Pacific Ocean

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 and 5 miles (8 km) from the California

California

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 state line.

Bombing during World War II

On September 9, 1942 the Japanese I-25 (submarine) surfaced near Cape Blanco

Cape Blanco (Oregon)

Cape Blanco is a prominent headland on the Pacific Ocean coast of southwestern Oregon in the United States, forming the westernmost point in the state. It contests with Cape Alava in Washington for the title of westernmost point in the contiguous United States...

, Oregon, and launched a Yokosuka E14Y

Yokosuka E14Y

|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Francillon, Ph.D., René J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-370-30251-6....

 "Glen" seaplane piloted by Nubuo Fujita who dropped incendiary bombs on Mount Emily and succeeded in starting multiple forest fires. The Fire Lookout

Fire lookout

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 stationed at the Mount Emily Fire Lookout Tower played a major role in "The Lookout Air Raid of 1942"

The Lookout Air Raid

The Lookout Air Raids were minor, but historic, World War II events that occurred in the mountains of Oregon, several miles outside Brookings....

 which became the first bombing of the continental United States by an enemy aircraft. The site of the bombing was listed in the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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as the Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site in July 2006.