To: SAMWolf
I read how (then) Lt Col Dolittle sat on his wreaked B-25 after the raid and almost cried, in shame. A comrade comforted him and said, "Do you know what they are going to do to you when you get back to Washington?"
DOLITTLE: "Yes, courtmartial me."
"No--I think they are going to make you a General and pin the Congressional Medal of Honor on you."*
*See article in WW II History magazine, Spring 2002
15 posted on
04/18/2003 1:08:26 AM PDT by
SkyPilot
(CNN Reports--You Decide! (well,,,,,,not really))
To: SkyPilot
Thanks Skypilot. I remember reading that somewhere too. Can't remember if it was in Doolittle's giography or some other book though.
17 posted on
04/18/2003 1:16:11 AM PDT by
SAMWolf
(We have two of Saddam's half-brother btothers, does that mean we have one whole brother now?)
To: SkyPilot
... I think they are going to make you a General and pin the Congressional Medal of Honor on you."And they did!
The raid was a triumph. The Japanese High Command were so alarmed by the American's ability to strike at their homeland they attempted to expand the perimeter of activity in the central and southern Pacific - with disastrous results. Lt. Col. Doolittle was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in recognition of the extraordinary feat he and his gallant crews performed.
30 posted on
04/18/2003 5:35:25 AM PDT by
Jen
(I Support our Troops - Always Have, Always Will)
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