Thank you for the reminder of this historic mission. I remember hearing stories of how the Doolittle raid lifted the morale of the country, so soon after Pearl Harbor.
Remember this happened in April 1942. History tells us that the Axis powers had reached their maximum territory occupied in November and December of 1942. The outcome of the war was far from certain then.
While history tells us that we won World War II, it was not at all certain in those dark days of 1942 that we would emerge victorious.
In always read books and write essays to discover what it was like to live into and through history. I have no sympathy for those who comment on what happened 50 to 250 years ago in this country in an effort to burnish their own purity before others.
The success of the Doolittle Raid was a tremendous blow to the moral of the Japanese people. They had a religious trust in the ability of their leaders; who they believed to be gods. This broken trust undermined the support of the Japanese people.
After the war, they were extremely receptive to Christianity that was brought to them by the Billy Graham Crusade.