Thanks for this posting SandRat. I was honored in my life to meet one of the men that flew on that mission. He at that time was Captian Davey Jones. When I knew him he was A Two Star General and was the Commander of the Eastern Test Range, when I was at Patrick AFB Florida. What you need to understand is that it wasn't just me. General Jones rode a bicycle on the flight line and though the jet engine shop. If you had less than four stripes on you arm the General would stop and talk to us. The E-8's and E-9's would tell us not to talk with the General. We had to tell them that we didn't start it, he stopped and talked with us and once he talked with us he would stop and talk with us when he saw us again. He was a special person in my life and I was HONORED to be one of the guys he stopped and said Hi too.
My oldest daughter danced with him at a charity event in the Melbourne, Florida area back in the late 1960's. His wife Anita was running the event that would fund a foster home for girls that was to be built in Cocoa Beach area. My wife's sister, Jerri was on that charity committee as well and that is how we got to attend the event.
Since the wife and I actually remembered the Doolittle Raid from our youth, it was quite a pleasure for us to meet General Jones and see him dance with our daughter!!
Also, just in case you did not know this, he was shot down over North Africa in late 1942 and was a prisoner in a Stalag. He was also awarded a medal for his escape attempts. You have heard of the GREAT ESCAPE MOVIE, haven't you?
QUITE A MAN, QUITE A TEXAN!!