{"product_id":"bk-the-doolittle-raid","title":"The Doolittle Raid","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\n\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=unicode\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta name=\"GENERATOR\" content=\"MSHTML 11.00.10570.1001\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Doolittle Raid\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#333333\" face=\"Arial\"\u003eThe complete account of one of the \nbiggest gambles and most harrowing stories of courage to come out of World War \nII.\u003cbr style=\"BOX-SIZING: border-box; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: left; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial\"\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr style=\"BOX-SIZING: border-box\"\u003eFive months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, \nPresident Roosevelt and military leaders decided to boost American morale by \nundertaking a daring offensive against Japan. Forced to launch early from \nthe aircraft carrier\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"BOX-SIZING: border-box; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic\"\u003eHornet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eafter \nbeing spotted by Japanese fishing boats, Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle and his 16 \nB-25 bombers flew to their targets.\u003cbr style=\"BOX-SIZING: border-box\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"BOX-SIZING: border-box\"\u003eBut the early launch forced 15 crews to bail out \nor ditch their aircraft instead of landing in China as intended. What was \nsupposed to be “thirty seconds over Tokyo” became an odyssey of escape for some \ncrew members that lasted fourteen months and cost the lives of hundreds of \nthousands of Japanese patriots.\u003cbr style=\"BOX-SIZING: border-box\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"BOX-SIZING: border-box\"\u003eAuthor and retired Air Force Colonel Carroll \nGlines tells the story of Doolittle’s raiders, their bold bombing mission, their \nlong struggle to escape their pursuers through China, and how the raid altered \nJapanese thinking about the security of their home islands and induced them to \nwithdraw forces from the perimeter of their far-flung empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"BOX-SIZING: border-box; FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: Roboto, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(119,119,119); FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: left; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN: 0px 0px 15px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; LINE-HEIGHT: 30px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial\"\u003eGlines \npersonally interviewed most of Doolittle’s surviving raiders to produce this \ndramatic and authentic story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Other","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58145038565679,"sku":"2274213100000","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/9272\/5551\/files\/TheDoolittleRaid.png?v=1788976828","url":"https:\/\/shop.eaa.org\/products\/bk-the-doolittle-raid","provider":"Shop EAA Merchandise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}