Fair point. I did not mean to demean the accomplishment in any way and it was publicity but we practiced the art as well to gloss over many of the early defeats we suffered at the hands of Japan.
We were ill-prepared for WWII and Japan rolled us pretty much across the board at the outset. My Uncle had a scrapbook of newspaper articles from WWII that was interesting and one of the first stories up front was from a major paper (I think LA Times but can’t remember) that said Doolittle and his raiders had bombed the Imperial Palace quoting unnamed sources.
The US govt and military carefully controlled the narrative in WWII to keep people buying bonds and promote the effort. The cause was “just” even if the facts were not always correct.
My comment was to how the Raid was Effective, and the damage done by the bombs to infrastructure was minimal.
However the damage done to Japanese Morale and the Confidence in the Capability of the Japanese Military was Significant, and spurred further Japanese mistakes in Tactics.
Additionally, I am perfectly fine with US Government/Military Propaganda through the close of WWII.
Of course I got along fine with Japanese when I was there, I mistreated no one, but I pulled no punches regarding their Wartime conduct.