Posted on Apr 9, 2019
Last of the Doolittle Raiders, Dick Cole, Dies at 103
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And then there were no more. RIP LTC(R) Cole.
Last of the Doolittle Raiders, Dick Cole, Dies at 103
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WWII World War Two
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American History
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They all had goblets made and the met annually at a location TBD. They all toasted to the fallen and whenever one of them passed away they inverted his goblet and it stayed that way. I guess thelast goblet is inverted. RIP My warrior brother.
High Flight, John Gillespie Magee, Jr
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
High Flight, John Gillespie Magee, Jr
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
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LTC John Mohor
At the Raiders 60th Reunion held in Columbia, SC two of the Grandsons attending The AirForce Academy accompanied the entire set of goblets from the Academy to the reunion and back! Remember their names were engraved both ways right side up as well as inverted. That year they even had a B-25 Flyover while 13 of the Raiders stood along the third base line of the the minor league club known as the Capitol City Bombers( it sure was an awesome sight seeing that).
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IMHO the Doolittle Raid was as courageous as it gets. Sad to see his passing as well as his fellow flyers. As a child I remember reading "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" and being inspired by those who participated. May they all rest in peace. Salute.
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