Two surviving Doolittle Raiders present Congressional Gold Medal to USAF museum

American Thinker ^ | April 18, 2015 | Rick Moran

[GreyFriar]

They're in their 90's now, old and bent. But 73 years ago today, their courage torched the skies over Tokyo, sending a message that the United States would stop at nothing to achieve victory.

Of the 80 airmen and pilots commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James "Jimmy" Doolittle, that took off from the deck of the USS Hornet on April 18, 1942 bound for a bombing run over Tokyo, just two are still alive. Retired Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" Cole, 99, and Staff Sgt. David Thatcher, 93, will toast their 78 missing comrades at a private event later today, while taking part in a public ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton.

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[zot]

Thanks for posting this.

All hail and salute to the two remaining Dolittle Raiders and to the memory of their deceased comrades.

YES!

[smokingfrog]

correctamundo!

my bad

[Does so]

Much was made in the press when they discovered that fuel calculations for the Doolittle raid was done using a bamboo slide rule, marked “Made in Japan”.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank God for these heroes!