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75 Years Ago Today - Doolittle Raider's Hit Tokyo
Posted on 4/17/17 at 10:57 pm
Posted on 4/17/17 at 10:57 pm
"On April 18, 1942, 80 men led by United States Army Air Corps Lt. Col. James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle climbed into bombers aboard an aircraft carrier for a daring, top-secret mission to boost American morale after Pearl Harbor and prove to the Japanese their home islands were not untouchable."
The Greatest Generation!! Thank You !!
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The Greatest Generation!! Thank You !!
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This post was edited on 4/17/17 at 10:58 pm
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Posted on 4/17/17 at 10:58 pm to ItzMe1972
You're a little early, shitbird
This post was edited on 4/17/17 at 10:58 pm
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:00 pm to iAmBatman
He's on Japanese time.
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:00 pm to ItzMe1972
So 74 years and 364 days ago?
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:01 pm to GeauxTGRZ
The attack happened in Japan. It is tomorrow in Japan.
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:01 pm to GeauxTGRZ
East coast 75y
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:02 pm to ItzMe1972
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:03 pm to ItzMe1972
My dad and I have been trying to find it, but Doolittle wrote a letter to my grandfather thanking him for the work he did on the planes' engines for the raid.
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:04 pm to ItzMe1972
It is probably the greatest expression of American military greatness that we have ever seen.
True bombers off of a WW2 carrier deck on a one way trip just because we wanted to hit them so bad we tried that craziness.
True bombers off of a WW2 carrier deck on a one way trip just because we wanted to hit them so bad we tried that craziness.
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Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:05 pm to ItzMe1972
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:06 pm to Jcorye1
"My dad and I have been trying to find it, but Doolittle wrote a letter to my grandfather thanking him for the work he did on the planes' engines for the raid."
That is fantastic! Your grandfather was part of the raid!
Good day for your dad to look again for that letter!
That is fantastic! Your grandfather was part of the raid!
Good day for your dad to look again for that letter!
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Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:10 pm to Scoop
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It is probably the greatest expression of American military greatness that we have ever seen.
True bombers off of a WW2 carrier deck on a one way trip just because we wanted to hit them so bad we tried that craziness.
And the crews knew there was no way they were coming back to the safety of the carriers and the odds of finding friendly forces in China were not that good.
And they were fully aware their bombers could not carry enough bombs to where they could do enough damage to be of any real damage.
But they went anyway. Basically they were willing to lay down their lives to, on one hand boost morale back home, while telling Tojo to go frick himself.
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:58 pm to Jcorye1
Jcorye1 Sounds like your grandfather did a great job on those engines!
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Plans called for Doolittle’s squadron to take off about 300 miles from Japan, but when spotted the American ships were still 700 miles offshore. After a brief discussion with naval commanders, Doolittle got the okay to proceed anyway. The klaxon sounded immediately, and the captain of the U.S.S. Hornet gave the order: “Army pilots, man your planes!"
The ship was rolling and pitching wildly as Doolittle became the first to attempt takeoff. The carrier’s flight officer was timing the rise and fall of the vessel’s bow to give the plane the benefit of the rising deck. “It was like riding a see-saw,” Doolittle said.
On signal, he revved his engines until his crew feared he’d burn them up, then lumbered down the deck. “We wondered what the wind would do to him,” said pilot Ted Lawson, who was four planes back in Ruptured Duck. “Everyone knew if he couldn’t, we couldn’t.”
Just as the carrier lifted up on a swell, Doolittle became airborne with only yards to spare. “He hung his ship almost straight up on its props,” Lawson said, so everyone could see the entire top of the plane, “then he leveled out.”
All 16 planes made it into the sky, but not before a navy crewman slipped on the soaking deck and thrust his arm into the whirring propeller of the last plane to take off.
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Plans called for Doolittle’s squadron to take off about 300 miles from Japan, but when spotted the American ships were still 700 miles offshore. After a brief discussion with naval commanders, Doolittle got the okay to proceed anyway. The klaxon sounded immediately, and the captain of the U.S.S. Hornet gave the order: “Army pilots, man your planes!"
The ship was rolling and pitching wildly as Doolittle became the first to attempt takeoff. The carrier’s flight officer was timing the rise and fall of the vessel’s bow to give the plane the benefit of the rising deck. “It was like riding a see-saw,” Doolittle said.
On signal, he revved his engines until his crew feared he’d burn them up, then lumbered down the deck. “We wondered what the wind would do to him,” said pilot Ted Lawson, who was four planes back in Ruptured Duck. “Everyone knew if he couldn’t, we couldn’t.”
Just as the carrier lifted up on a swell, Doolittle became airborne with only yards to spare. “He hung his ship almost straight up on its props,” Lawson said, so everyone could see the entire top of the plane, “then he leveled out.”
All 16 planes made it into the sky, but not before a navy crewman slipped on the soaking deck and thrust his arm into the whirring propeller of the last plane to take off.
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Posted on 4/18/17 at 2:22 am to ItzMe1972
For those who have never heard of this raid...
It was the one portrayed at the end of the movie "Pearl Harbor"
It was the one portrayed at the end of the movie "Pearl Harbor"
Posted on 4/18/17 at 2:33 am to ItzMe1972
This was portrayed in the pearl harbor movie 
Posted on 4/18/17 at 2:39 am to ItzMe1972
Posted on 4/18/17 at 6:17 am to ItzMe1972
I just saw Col. Cole at the wwii museum. He's the last surviving member of the raid. He's 101 and still gets around.
Fun fact:most wwii vets hate the "greatest generation" title
Fun fact:most wwii vets hate the "greatest generation" title
Posted on 4/18/17 at 6:46 am to geauxtigers87
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I just saw Col. Cole at the wwii museum. He's the last surviving member of the raid. He's 101 and still gets around.
That is amazing!
I knew Robert 'Bob' Hite. He was captured in China and spent 40 months in a POW camp. He died in 2015.
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This post was edited on 4/18/17 at 7:02 am
Posted on 4/18/17 at 6:48 am to iAmBatman
Dude, frick you.
Go to your batcave and get robin to frick you in the arse.
Go to your batcave and get robin to frick you in the arse.
Posted on 4/18/17 at 6:50 am to ItzMe1972
For a time, they had training over Lake Murray, not far from Columbia. I grew up with stories of people finding bomb shrapnel and fragments from their practice runs all those years ago.
They even pulled out a B-25 that had crashed during training and wasn't recovered until 2005. (this B25 had actually crashed after Doolittle and his boys hit Tokyo)
For a time, Columbia had the Capital City Bombers as their minor league team, named after the Raider's of course.
It's a small part of their history that I'm proud we share.
They even pulled out a B-25 that had crashed during training and wasn't recovered until 2005. (this B25 had actually crashed after Doolittle and his boys hit Tokyo)
For a time, Columbia had the Capital City Bombers as their minor league team, named after the Raider's of course.
It's a small part of their history that I'm proud we share.
This post was edited on 4/18/17 at 6:54 am
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