Just months after Pearl Harbor, America launched one of the most audacious missions of WWII - the Doolittle Raid. Sixteen ...

Dubbed the Doolittle Raiders after their commander, then-Lt. Col. James "Jimmy" Doolittle, the pilots and crew took off from the deck of the USS Hornet on the first airstrike against Japan on ...

Last Surviving ‘Doolittle Raider’ Recalls Crucial World War II Mission 7 minute read Dick Cole speaks at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Mo., on Dec. 7, 2016 Dan ...

T he depiction of the Doolittle Raid in Pearl Harbor is "just so bad," according to a historian.Directed by Michael Bay and written by Randall Wallace (Braveheart), the 2001 war film depicts the ...

The Doolittle Raid was a 1942 bombing operation against Japan's capital, in retribution for the Pearl Harbor attack. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The last of the famed Doolittle Raiders will be honored with a memorial in Texas on Thursday, the 77th anniversary of their World War II mission. Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" E. Cole ...

The Doolittle Raiders, named for their commander Jimmy Doolittle, trained for their mission at Eglin Field in Florida and then launched on Tokyo from the first USS Hornet CV-8 aircraft carrier.

June 1, 1942: Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle, who led a legendary bombing raid against Tokyo six weeks earlier, paid tribute to workers at the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood. Addressing ...

The 80 Army aviators who took part in the Doolittle Raid were the first to strike back at Japan shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Check out our latest YouTube videos.

A group of 80 American airmen known as the Doolittle Raiders is in line to receive the Congressional Gold Medal for their bravery in the first U.S. air raid on Japan in World War II.. The House of ...

Lt. Col. Dick Cole, the last surviving Doolittle pilot, made a special trip to Granite Falls on Thursday at the age of 100. Historians know the impact that the Tokyo Raid had. They also know the ...