On April 18, let’s remember the Doolittle Raiders’ attack on Japan on that day in 1942. West Warwick’s Omer A. Duquette served as a gunner on crew 12. Duquette was the lone Rhode Island native to ...
As we approach the 82nd anniversary of the famed Doolittle Raiders’ attack on Tokyo on April 18, 1942, we should take time to commemorate the key roles played by a Darlington pilot and Columbia’s Fort ...
DAYTON, Ohio, April 18 (Reuters) - Four of the last five survivors of a U.S. World War Two bombing mission over Japan reunited on Wednesday, 70 years after the "Doolittle Tokyo raiders" shocked Japan ...
(FOX40.COM) — On a spring day in March 1942, a convoy of 22 Army Air Corps B-25s completed their cross-country flight to McClellan Air Depot for final preparation of what would become the Doolittle ...
April 18 marks the 82nd anniversary of the famed Doolittle’s Raid in and around Tokyo. Of the 80 B-25 bomber airmen who flew off of the USS Hornet, 13 were Texans. No other state had as many members ...
The Air Force Academy football team's plan to wear uniforms honoring the participants in an air attack on Japan during World War II has elicited positive and negative reactions. "Although the raid did ...
Rod Davis, an Athens man who over the years has accumulated a wealth of information about World War II, will deliver a presentation on a bombing mission that occurred over Japan on Sunday at the ...
The USS Hornet’s story is one of courage, innovation, and sacrifice. From launching the daring Doolittle Raid on Tokyo to fighting at Midway and the Solomon Islands, the Hornet became a symbol of ...
About this story On the 62nd anniversary of Col. Jimmy Doolittle's daring raid on Tokyo, when America answered Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Missoulian recounted the mission with the help of ...
FUZHOU, China, April 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sino-American non-governmental culture exchange activities commemorating the 82nd Anniversary of the Great Rescue of Doolittle Raid with the theme "Let ...
Hollywood has long thrived on the visceral thrill of planes. Films like Top Gun: Maverick, with itssupersonic dogfights, are unforgettable. But decades before CGI jets flew on the big screen, Mervyn ...