Three of the four surviving World War II veterans gathered at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Nov. 9 for a final cognac toast to the historic mission that bombed Japan on April 18, 1942, just months after the Imperial Japanese Navy’s devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Eighty Army Air Force airmen flew 16 B-25 Mitchell bombers off the deck of the Navy’s USS Hornet in a daring raid against the island nation.
The legislation to give the Doolittle Raiders the Congressional Gold Medal obtained 78 co-sponsors, or nine more than the needed for full consideration.
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