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re: 75 Years Ago Today - Doolittle Raider's Hit Tokyo

Posted on 4/18/17 at 11:49 am to
Posted by ItzMe1972
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 4/18/17 at 11:49 am to
"Each year, the raiders got togther and toasted their friends who passed with Gin. Each raider had a goblet and when they died, the Goblet would be placed upside down in the case."

Salute!


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This post was edited on 4/18/17 at 11:53 am
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 4/18/17 at 1:50 pm to
Doolittle selected the 17th Bomb Group to provide the pool of volunteers, because they had the most experience in the new B-25 medium bomber. When he approached them with the plan for what was assumed to be a one-way suicide mission, the entire unit volunteered en masse.
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