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re. the 1942 Doolittle raid of Japan...
re. the 1942 Doolittle raid of Japan...
Item # 723563
May 11, 1942
MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, May 11, 1942
* The famous Doolittle raid of Japan told
* U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers
* From the USS Hornet aircraft carrier
* Battle of the Coral Sea Won
* Imperial Japanese verses U.S. Navy
* Pacific Ocean theater
The front page has a three column heading: "BOMBERS HIT FAST, LOW; FIRES BURNED 48 HOURS" with lead-in: "Army Tells Its Tokyo Secret at Last..."
And page 5 has reporting on the recent U.S. victory at the battle of the Coral Sea.
Complete with 16 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.
AI notes: Doolittle’s Raid on Tokyo, first publicly told to Americans on May 10, 1942, described a daring U.S. air attack that had actually taken place weeks earlier on April 18, when sixteen B-25 bombers led by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet to strike Tokyo and other Japanese cities. Planned in secrecy after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the raid caused limited physical damage but achieved enormous psychological results by demonstrating that Japan’s home islands were not invulnerable, sharply boosting American morale while stunning Japanese leaders and civilians alike. Although all the aircraft were lost after the crews were forced to bail out or crash-land in China due to fuel shortages, most of the airmen survived with the help of Chinese civilians, and Doolittle himself was later awarded the Medal of Honor. The raid’s impact went far beyond its bombs, influencing Japanese strategic decisions that helped lead to the pivotal Battle of Midway just a month later.
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