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2 unusual facts about Okuda Shoji


Okuda Shoji

The mission was to start massive forest fires in the Pacific Northwest outside the town of Brookings, Oregon, on 9 September 1942, with the ultimate objective of tying up U.S. military resources to the defense of the mainland, away from the Pacific Theater.

Petty Officer Shoji Okuda, served as an aerial observer in the Imperial Japanese Navy on a floatplane Yokosuka E14Y that was launched from a long-range submarine aircraft carrier, the I-25.



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