The Doolittle raid

The Doolittle Raid

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Today in history, on a Saturday, Doolittle Raider David William Pohl, a crew member of Crew 8 during the Doolittle Raid, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Today in history Doolittle raider Sergeant David William Pohl (Engineer/gunner Crew 08) was born on December 31, 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts. Check out the crews on my Doolittle raid website https://t.co/sgEqHLdKuW

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Or order my book that I wrote at Amazon: BRAVE YOUNG MEN by Geert Rottiers (myself). In this book, you will find the 80 biographies of the 80 Doolittle Raiders.

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Graves, headstones and remembrance plaques of the crewmembers of Crew 1 during the Doolittle Raid

Who’s who?
Find out more about Crew 1 and it’s five members during the Doolittle Raid at: https://t.co/9nfFOdY9yV - Click on the crew members and read their biographies.

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Our Colorful History colored the black and white photos of the Doolittle Raiders. They gave me permission to use the colorized photos of the Doolittle Raiders. I am extremely grateful to them for that. The colored photos add value to this page.

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Crew 1 bailed out above China. The plane crashed north-east of Hangzhou, China after the raid.

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Crew 1, and it's 5 crewmembers during the Doolittle Raid on April 18, 1942.

After the raid, the plane with the crew was ditched at sea near the Chinese coast between Ningbo and Taizhou (on April 18, 1942) at 10.25 p.m.

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A photo of the monument for the Doolittle Raiders at the National Museum of the U. S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio are below. Thanks for following this page, up to next year. Kind regards.

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On May 21, 1942 Jimmy Doolittle wrote a letter to Alice Gardner, mother of Melvin Gardner.
Letter included #jimmydoolittle #writealetter #letter #doolittleraider #doolitteraid

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Today in history Doolittle raider Lieutenant Jacob E. Manch (Co-pilot Crew 03) was born on December 26, 1918 in Staunton, Virginia. Check out the crews on my Doolittle raid website https://t.co/sgEqHLdKuW

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Today in history, on a Thursday, Doolittle Raider Jacob Earl Manch, a crew member of Crew 3 during the Doolittle Raid, was born in Staunton, Virginia, USA.
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Merry Christmas

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Today in history Jimmy Doolittle married Josephine "Joe" E. Daniels in 1917. The couple had two children.

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Mother, Martha Alice Willis, and father, William Clark Gardner, of Doolittle Raider Melvin Gardner, (crew11). The couple had 8 Children, 3 sons and 5 daughters. Melvin was KIA. #doolittleraider #williamclark #mother #father #doolittleraid

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Today in history 1941. Various senior officers active in various high staffs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were instructed to think about a possible attack on Japan. This was considered impossible because the distance between Japan and the USA could not be bridged by bombers.

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Doolittler Raider Melvin Gardner (crew 11) went to grade school in Linden, Arizona and graduated from High School in Snowflake, Arizona #highschool #arizona #linden #graduated #snowflake #doolittleraider #snowflakedoolittleraid

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An attack on the Japanese homeland would cause confusion in the minds of the Japanese people and sow doubt about the reliability of their leaders. ... Americans badly needed a morale boost.

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a meeting at the White House on 21 December 1941 and said that Japan should be bombed as soon as possible to boost public morale after Pearl Harbor.