Free Showing of “Samurai in the Oregon Sky” at Fort Vancouver Visitor Center

Attend a free showing of “Samurai in the Oregon Sky” at the Fort Vancouver Visitor Center, 1501 E Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 24. Register to attend at friendsfortvancouver.org/events.

In 1942, Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita catapulted his seaplane off of a submarine, flew over the Oregon coast, and became the only pilot to bomb the U.S. mainland during WWII. He never dreamed he would one day be invited back to the region, where he would begin a lifelong friendship with the people of a small Oregon town.  The film chronicles how Fujita came to refer to his former target as his second home.

The film is being screened in Oregon and Southwest Washington during the month of September to mark the 80th anniversary of Fujita’s historic flight over Oregon. For more information, see www.samuraiintheoregonsky.com.