Thanks, Jeff. You do really superb work.
“Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” is one of the earliest books I can remember reading.
The movie is on TCM tonight for those interested in seeing it.
It was a great feat of daring, and besides forcing the Japanese to reassess their defense provisions for the home islands, it boosted American morale.
I don't recall the title, but when I was a child, I read a book about that subject too. Also one of my aunts was working in the lunchroom at the West Columbia base (South Carolina) when the Doolittle Raiders were training there. Of course, she wouldn't have known what they were training for at the time.
"...in the spring of 1942...The 17th BG [Bomb Group], then flying antisubmarine patrols from Pendleton, Oregon, was immediately moved cross-country to Lexington County Army Air Base at West Columbia, South Carolina and Columbia Army Air Base at Columbia, South Carolina, ostensibly to fly similar patrols off the east coast of the United States but in actuality to prepare for the mission against Japan." [Wikipedia]