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The last of 80 incredibly brave men ...

1 posted on 04/18/2017 4:41:46 AM PDT by Zakeet
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In the video at the link Col Cole actually got to fly a B-25 some 60 years after that historic day.


2 posted on 04/18/2017 4:47:47 AM PDT by Gaffer
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I find this to be incredibly sad and in turn I am incredibly thankful to men and women such as he.


4 posted on 04/18/2017 4:54:43 AM PDT by buckalfa (Charter member of the Group W bench.)
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Guts. They had guts. How many today would volunteer for a similar perilous mission?


5 posted on 04/18/2017 4:54:44 AM PDT by corkoman
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Homage, honor, valor and country...thank you, you wonderful bunch who gave it all in order to provide some payback...a toast to you all...amen.


7 posted on 04/18/2017 5:02:33 AM PDT by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.)
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ping


9 posted on 04/18/2017 5:15:20 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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It’s so sad that so few of that generation remain.


11 posted on 04/18/2017 5:24:48 AM PDT by joesbucks
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My Pop (who was a crew chief in the Army Air Core in WW2)told me that by accident,the bombs landed in the shape of a cross and the Japs thought we did it on purpose.
14 posted on 04/18/2017 5:31:45 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (If you work for living,why do you kill yourself working?)
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To: Zakeet

May the Lord bless him. Thank you brave man.


16 posted on 04/18/2017 5:42:43 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: Jeff Head

ping


17 posted on 04/18/2017 5:53:00 AM PDT by dirtboy
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May God continue to bless and keep this brave man.

They don’t make many like him, any more.


19 posted on 04/18/2017 5:58:32 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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Love these guys.. I just can’t figure out.. with our technology, with our educated armed forces, why do we keep losing?
These guys did it with almost no education, but darn they had the will and the courage. Thank you Colonel.. I envy your ability to endure and overcome. cheers!


20 posted on 04/18/2017 6:00:39 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Gas attacks. Substitute Sadam for Assad and Iraq for Syria? How many American lives do you commit)
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I’m reading “Target Tokyo” right now. What an incredible story of initiative, audacity, daring and courage.


21 posted on 04/18/2017 6:04:57 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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Respect.


24 posted on 04/18/2017 6:50:06 AM PDT by baltimorepoet
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Two really good films were made about that raid. The well known “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” and the lesser known “The Purple Heart”.


25 posted on 04/18/2017 7:23:45 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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http://www.schistoricaviation.org/

link at site


27 posted on 04/18/2017 7:30:36 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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They didn’t give his story, but we know from Doolittle’s biography that his and Cole’s plane crash-landed in Quzhou, in Zhejiang Province, Southwest of Shanghai. All of Doolittle’s crew parachuted out safely, I believe, and with the help of locals, were not captured by the Japanese.


28 posted on 04/18/2017 7:57:28 AM PDT by PGR88
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After reading that article I feel like I was punched in the stomach.

RIP Brave Warriors.


34 posted on 04/18/2017 10:02:33 AM PDT by Gamecock (Twitter: What a real democracy looks like.)
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bookmark


35 posted on 04/18/2017 10:30:33 AM PDT by freds6girlies (many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. Mt. 19:30. R.I.P. G & J)
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo is long overdue for a high-quality re-make.


39 posted on 04/18/2017 11:42:41 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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ping


43 posted on 04/18/2017 12:31:22 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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