Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te Mahuru 9, 1942, ko Maunga Emily e tata ana ki Brookings te wāhi tuatahi i te whenua nui o Te Hononga o Amerika, me te tuarua i te rohe whenua i muri i te
te whakaekenga o te Tauranga o Dutch ki te whiu i te whakaekenga rererangi i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I whakarewahia he waka rererangi a Hapani e Nobuo Fujita mai i te kaipuke moana "I-25". I whakaekehia te waka rererangi ki ngā poma whakaekenga i runga i tētahi misioni ki te whakaoho i ngā ahi nui i roto i ngā ngahere matotoru o te Raki-ā-uru o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. He iti noa iho te kino o te whakaeke. I karangatia a Fujita ki Brookings i te tau 1962, a, i hoatu e ia ki te taone te hoari samurai 400-tau o tona whanau hei hoa i muri i te whakau a te kawanatanga o Hapani kia kaua ia e whakawakia hei hara whawhai. I whakawhiwhia e Brookings ki a ia he taangata honore i etahi ra i mua o tona matenga i te tau 1997.