Doolittle's Raid
By: Austen Stenrud
Jimmy Doolittle
Educated in Nome, Alaska
Enlisted as a FLying Cadet on October 6, 1917
Got his BA degree in 1922
His MS degree 2 years later
Flew demonstration and experimental flights in S. America “1926 and 1928”(on leave)
The Start of Doolittle's Raid
- Japanese surprised attacked the Pearl Harbor
- Killed over thousands of men and thousands were wounded
- 20 naval dissels, 8 battleships, and 300 airplanes
- This day will never be forgotten (December 7, 1941)
The Beginning of Doolittle's Raid
- April 18, 1942
- America wanted to fight back after Pearl Harbor
- 80 men volunteered to fight
- Flew the 16 B-25 bombers off USS Hornet
- Launched a day early spotted by Japanese troll boats
The AfterMath of Doolittle's Raid
- 3 men died
- 8 captured by the Japanese
- 15 planes crashed
- the 16th plane landed in Russia
- 5 cities were bombed
The Goblets
- 80 goblets
- Read names upside down or right side up
- In memory of the men
- In a trophy case guarded by 2 airmen
- Right side up means that they are still alive
- Upside down means that they are dead
Reunion's
- Held for all living volunteers
- Started 1945
- Skipped 1946
- After that they were held
- The last one was held in 2013 for 2 of the soldiers
- April 17-20, 2013 Fort Walton Beach in Flordia
The 2 Soldiers Left
- Lt. Col Edward Saylor--- 1-28-2015(94)
- Lt. Col Robert Hite--- 3-29-2015 (95 was ill so didn't go)
- Lt. Richard Cole (99 today- turns 100 on Labor Day)
- Staff Sgt. David Thatcher (93 today)
- Went to the reunion in 2013
- Doolittle died in 1993 (96)