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To: blam

Doolittle. Awesome retort. Ha ha.


4 posted on 11/18/2020 5:16:45 AM PST by lodi90
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To: lodi90
"Doolittle. Awesome retort. Ha ha."

The John Birch Society gets their name from that raid.

"In April 1942, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle and his crew bailed out in China after the Tokyo raid. They had flown from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8), bombed Tokyo, then flown to the Chinese mainland. After bailing out, they were rescued by Chinese civilians and smuggled by river beyond Japanese lines in Zhejiang province. Birch met them by accident and assisted them.

"When Doolittle arrived in Chongqing, he told Colonel Claire Chennault, leader of the Flying Tigers, about Birch's help. Chennault said he could use a Chinese-speaking American who knew the country well and he commissioned Birch as a first lieutenant on July 4, 1942,[5] to work as a field intelligence officer, though Birch had expected to work as a chaplain"

16 posted on 11/18/2020 6:26:27 AM PST by blam
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