Live Feed--Doolittle Raiders Last Toast

USAF.Mil website ^ | 11/9/13 | Rebelbase

[ansel12]

A toast to the United States Army

[Sir_Ed]

Thank you, thank you so much for that...as I heard taps, I was crying, thinking it was not only the end of the Doolittle Raiders, but an elegy for America’s death, as well...

Ed

[Yardstick]

*mega bump*

[PA Engineer]

Thanks for the post.

[Yardstick]

Well said, rlmorel.

[nuconvert]

Thanks, I got to watch it again.
Thanks for posting

[Old Sarge]

The Final Toast Of The Doolittle Raiders

[DakotaGator]

It was an honor to watch the Raiders’ final toast. Thank you for the live feed link.

[jazusamo]

Great post, rlmorel.

Like you I read the book after seeing the movie in the early 50’s and it made a lasting impression. Every last one of those men chose to sacrifice for their country and thank God most survived the heroic action.

[VeniVidiVici]

Back in 1985 when I was at the Defense Language Institute at Monterey, CA, I had the opportunity to talk with General Doolittle at his home in Carmel, CA for about an hour one-on-one.

It was an amazing experience that I will never forget.

He was very proud of this picture hanging in his home. Getting his fifth star from President Reagan.

[easternsky]

Thanks, would have missed it, if not for FR.

[ConorMacNessa]

I raise my glass with you for the Doolittle Raiders and for the United States Army! Many of my family have served in the U.S. Army during the course of our Nation's history. God Bless them and God Bless all who have served!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

Eagles Up! Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[ansel12]

The Doolittle Raiders were the U.S. Army.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

You are not alone my friend.

[rlmorel]

I always think of those men who were captured by the Japanese: Lieutenants Dean E. Hallmark, Robert J. Meder, Chase Nielsen, William G. Farrow, Robert L. Hite, and George Barr, and Corporals Harold A. Spatz and Jacob DeShazer.

Any death of young men in war is sad, but there seemed to me something particularly disturbing and sad about them, apart from the treatment by the Japanese.

[ConorMacNessa]

Of course they were. I was saluting them and all others in the U.S. Army.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

Eagles Up! Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[ansel12]

That doesn’t look very Army to me.

[rlmorel]

Re-watching the movie again. What a great movie.

[zot]

Thanks for the ping. I went to the link and watched the entire ceremony.
Very appropriate. I am glad to have seen it.

[Jane Long]

God bless them for their service. And may freedom always conquer over evil.

Amen, amen!!

Thanks for posting.