Ka kammala wannan magana: A ranar 9 ga Satumba, 1942, Dutsen Emily kusa da Brookings ya zama wuri na farko a ƙasar Amirka kuma na biyu a ƙasar bayan
harin bam na Dutch Harbor don sha wahala a cikin tashin bam na iska a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. An kaddamar da wani jirgin ruwa na Japan wanda Nobuo Fujita ya kaddamar daga jirgin ruwa "I-25". Jirgin yana dauke da bama-bamai masu ƙonewa a kan manufa don fara manyan gobara a cikin gandun daji na Pacific Northwest. Harin ya haifar da lalacewa kaɗan. Za a sake gayyatar Fujita zuwa Brookings a shekarar 1962, kuma ya baiwa garin takobin samurai mai shekaru 400 na danginsa a matsayin abokantaka bayan an ba gwamnatin Japan tabbacin cewa ba za a yi masa shari'a a matsayin mai laifin yaƙi ba. Brookings ya sanya shi dan kasa mai daraja kwanaki da yawa kafin mutuwarsa a 1997.