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To: SandRat

3 posted on 04/04/2006 5:40:24 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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To: Names Ash Housewares

God bless them. Just count the blessings they left behind for the rest of us.


4 posted on 04/04/2006 5:48:06 PM PDT by elcid1970
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That's a beautiful drawing of the carrier and the B-25 taking off, headed for Japan.

When I was a kid growing up in the 50's there were still quite a few of those old B-25's still flying, many had been converted to civilian use. It seemed like nearly every airport had one or 2 hanging around. Been many years since I've seen one, though.

I also remember quite well reading, as a kid, the Landmark book, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, I think it was called, which I had gotten out of the school library.

There's a nice website on the raid here:

http://www.ghspaulding.com/doolittle_raid.htm


13 posted on 04/04/2006 7:17:36 PM PDT by Sam Cree (absolute reality) - ("Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein)
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