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1942 Doolittle raid of Japan...
1942 Doolittle raid of Japan...
Item # 685676
May 19, 1942
NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, May 19, 1942
* The famous Doolittle raid of Japan is revealed
* U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers
* USS Hornet aircraft carrier
The front page has a great banner headline: "STORY OF RAID ON TOKYO; Doolittle Led U. S. Plane Attack" with subhead and photo of Doolittle. (see) Nice for display. This was when it was first reported that Jimmy Doolittle was the leader of the famous raid on Japan about a month earlier.
Complete with 24 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.
Category: World War II