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Discover the lives and stories of the 80 men who made the first attack on Japan following Pearl Harbor.

Eighty brave men made a near-suicidal first attack on Japan about four months after Pearl Harbor.

  • President Franklin Roosevelt wanted a quick response to the Japanese ambush on Hawaii to demonstrate to the Japanese that they were not invulnerable to attack, and to give a much-needed boost to American morale.
  • Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle was selected to plan and lead the Raid from the USS Hornet.
  • Much has been written about the daring raid and the frightening escape through China, but little has been written about these brave men's lives before and after the Raid.
  • This collection of biographical sketches tells us much about who these men were.

Much of the biographical material was obtained from a private collection of Raider information and memorabilia that Ellen Lawson collected over a fifty-year period. Ellen was the widow of Maj. Ted Lawson—a Raider and author of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.

The Doolittle Raiders: What Heroes Do after a War

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    Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
    Publication Date: 28/10/2018
    ISBN13: 9780764356148, 978-0764356148
    ISBN10: 764356143

    Number of Pages: 144

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

    Description

    Discover the lives and stories of the 80 men who made the first attack on Japan following Pearl Harbor.

    Eighty brave men made a near-suicidal first attack on Japan about four months after Pearl Harbor.

    • President Franklin Roosevelt wanted a quick response to the Japanese ambush on Hawaii to demonstrate to the Japanese that they were not invulnerable to attack, and to give a much-needed boost to American morale.
    • Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle was selected to plan and lead the Raid from the USS Hornet.
    • Much has been written about the daring raid and the frightening escape through China, but little has been written about these brave men's lives before and after the Raid.
    • This collection of biographical sketches tells us much about who these men were.

    Much of the biographical material was obtained from a private collection of Raider information and memorabilia that Ellen Lawson collected over a fifty-year period. Ellen was the widow of Maj. Ted Lawson—a Raider and author of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.

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