Five months after the humiliation of Pearl Harbor, Col. Jimmy Doolittle led a sneak attack to bomb Tokyo. But in order to make it all the way to Tokyo, Doolittle and his 79-man squadron wouldn't have ...
Preflight. That Doolittle kid -- Bad boys--good girls -- A love affair with flight -- The pilots lounge -- Instrument takeoff. Coast to coast -- Back to school -- Stunts and speed -- Flying blind -- ...
As a patriotic American, over the next several years, you should honor and remember, with justifiable pride, the 80th anniversary of many major events of World War II. The first of these memorable ...
Lieut. General Dwight David Eisenhower, the Allied commander in French North Africa, was interrupted by a message at a press conference. General Eisenhower glanced at the message, then exclaimed: ...
The world found out last week who led the daring, destructive noonday air raid on Japan last month. To the White House, to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor, went pugnacious Brigadier General ...
Richard Cole, the last of the 80 Doolittle raiders who carried out the daring U.S. attack on Japan during World War II, died Tuesday at a military hospital in Texas. He was 103. Cole was mission ...
Many American’s are aware of Doolittle’s Raiders and their demoralizing bombing of Japan. The raid has been immortalized in the film, “Thirty Seconds over Tokyo.” It was also one of the turning points ...
“Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle — Aviation Pioneer and World War II Hero,” by Jonna Doolittle Hoppes. Recommended by Denise Anderson, owner of Zaerocon Marketing in Lake ...
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