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James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American aviation pioneer. A Reserve officer in the United States Army Air Corps, Doolittle was recalled to active duty during World War II. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for personal valor and leadership as commander of the Doolittle Raid, a bold long-range retaliatory air raid on the Japanese main islands, on 18 April 1942, four months after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. He was eventually promoted to lieutenant general and commanded the Twelfth Air Force over North Africa, the Fifteenth Air Force over the Mediterranean, and the Eighth Air Force over Europe.
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Doolittle gets Congressional medal of honor 1942
FDR honors Doolittle with Congressional medal of honor. (silent) Brig. General James H. Doolittle, smiling, pointing to air force recruiting poster, Fly to T...
Thanks Maj Marty Hogan for letting us know that December 14 is the anniversary of the birth of American U.S. Army aviation pioneer James Harold Doolittle who was awarded the Medal of Honor for personal valor and leadership as commander of the Doolittle Raid which was a bold long-range retaliatory air raid on the Japanese main islands, on 18 April 1942.
Images: 1942-04-18 Doolittle Raid Map; President Franklin Roosevelt bestows the Congressional Medal of Honor on Brigadier Gen. James Doolittle for a successful raid on Tokyo; 1942-04-18 Doolittle Raid from USS Hornet aircraft carrier
Medal of Honor citation
DOOLITTLE, JAMES H.
U.S. Army Air Corps Brigadier General
Date of Issue: 06/09/1942 Place Over Japan
"For conspicuous leadership above the call of duty, involving personal valor and intrepidity at an extreme hazard to life. With the apparent certainty of being forced to land in enemy territory or to perish at sea, Gen. Doolittle personally led a squadron of Army bombers, manned by volunteer crews, in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland."
Rest in eternal peace James Harold Doolittle.
"FDR honors Doolittle with Congressional medal of honor. (silent) Brig. General James H. Doolittle, smiling, pointing to air force recruiting poster, Fly to Tokyo all expenses paid. Join. MS FDR pinning medal on Doolittle, wife and Lt. Gen. Arnold, Gen. G.C. Marshall, in group. (sound) General Doolittle, talking to Lt. Gen. Henry Arnold about raid on Tokyo, and it's success. (silent) group shot Doolittle and wife, Arnold, Marshall. CU Doolittle and wife."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbFUBDipmfY
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Orlando Illi LTC (Join to see) LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Jeff S. CPT Jack Durish MSgt Robert C Aldi SFC Stephen King MSgt Danny Hope SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl Craig Marton SP5 Mark Kuzinski
Images: 1942-04-18 Doolittle Raid Map; President Franklin Roosevelt bestows the Congressional Medal of Honor on Brigadier Gen. James Doolittle for a successful raid on Tokyo; 1942-04-18 Doolittle Raid from USS Hornet aircraft carrier
Medal of Honor citation
DOOLITTLE, JAMES H.
U.S. Army Air Corps Brigadier General
Date of Issue: 06/09/1942 Place Over Japan
"For conspicuous leadership above the call of duty, involving personal valor and intrepidity at an extreme hazard to life. With the apparent certainty of being forced to land in enemy territory or to perish at sea, Gen. Doolittle personally led a squadron of Army bombers, manned by volunteer crews, in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland."
Rest in eternal peace James Harold Doolittle.
"FDR honors Doolittle with Congressional medal of honor. (silent) Brig. General James H. Doolittle, smiling, pointing to air force recruiting poster, Fly to Tokyo all expenses paid. Join. MS FDR pinning medal on Doolittle, wife and Lt. Gen. Arnold, Gen. G.C. Marshall, in group. (sound) General Doolittle, talking to Lt. Gen. Henry Arnold about raid on Tokyo, and it's success. (silent) group shot Doolittle and wife, Arnold, Marshall. CU Doolittle and wife."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbFUBDipmfY
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Orlando Illi LTC (Join to see) LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Jeff S. CPT Jack Durish MSgt Robert C Aldi SFC Stephen King MSgt Danny Hope SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl Craig Marton SP5 Mark Kuzinski
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First bombing of Tokyo, 18 April 1942: the Doolittle Raid, WWII (Pt 3)
Clip from the 1944 movie "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (138 min). (Based on the autobiographical account in the book "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" by Ted W. Laws...
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First bombing of Tokyo, 18 April 1942: the Doolittle Raid, WWII (Pt 2)
Clip from the 1944 movie "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (138 min). (Based on the autobiographical account in the book "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" by Ted W. Laws...
Classic thirty seconds over Tokyo. I read that this movie scene made the director of Star Wars later Inspire his Death Star exhaust Port attack run.
https://youtu.be/_GeB0o3NGe0
https://youtu.be/_GeB0o3NGe0
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