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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 64472

Doolittle Raid on Japan, 18 April 1942


Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle (left front), leader of the attacking force, and Captain Marc A. Mitscher, Commanding Officer of USS Hornet (CV-8), pose with a 500-pound bomb and USAAF aircrew members during ceremonies on Hornet's flight deck, while the raid task force was en route to the launching point.

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23 February 2001