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The Doolittle Raid, also known as Doolittle's Raid, as well as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu during World War II. It was the first American air operation to strike the Japanese archipelago. Although the raid caused comparatively minor damage, it ...
Richard Eugene Cole (September 7, 1915 – April 9, 2019) was a United States Air Force colonel.During World War II, he was one of the airmen who took part in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, Japan, on April 18, 1942.
Civilians participating in an air-raid drill during 1942. The Japanese government also sought to improve the country's civil defenses in response to the Doolittle Raid and the threat of further attacks. The national government placed the burden of constructing civilian air-raid shelters on the prefectural governments. However, few shelters were ...
Guest columnist Eric Hogan writes about the Doolittle Raid, the first air attack by the United States against Japan in WWII.
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 ...
The Japanese were embarrassed by the impact of the Doolittle Raid. On 13 July 1942, the Japanese Vice Minister of War issued Military Secret Order 2190: An enemy warplane crew who did not violate wartime international law, shall be treated as prisoners of war, and one who acted against the said law shall be punished as a wartime capital crime.
Click here for more news on AOL.com DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Known as the Doolittle Raiders, the 80 men who risked their lives on a World War II bombing mission on Japan after the attack on Pearl ...
James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his raid on Japan during World War II, known as the Doolittle Raid in his honor. [1]