Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
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Thirty Seconds Over
Tokyo by Capt. Ted W.
Lawson
AMERICA
STRIKES BACK!
After
Pearl Harbor, America seemed to have lost the war before it had begun. Allied
forces were being beaten across the Pacific by the Japanese military juggernaut,
and morale was at the breaking point. America desperately needed to strike back
at the enemy. For this, a corps of heroic volunteer fliers led by Lt. Col. James
H. Doolittle began training to attack the very heart of the Japanese Empire --
Tokyo.
To
succeed, the "Tokyo Raiders" would have to launch sixteen fully loaded B-25
twin-engine medium bombers off the deck of the aircraft carrier Hornet --
something never done before -- and land at airfields in China. Through courage
and luck, the raid itself went flawlessly. But bad weather, lack of fuel, and
darkness worked against many of the pilots -- and for many, escaping China
proved even more perilous than the mission....
This
gripping eyewitness account -- hailed as "the most stirring story of individual
heroism that [the war] has so far produced" (The
New York Times)
-- is one of the most daring missions in military aviation history: the
legendary Doolittle Raid.
INCLUDES HISTORIC PHOTOS - SOME NEVER
BEFORE PUBLISHED
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