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Why the Doolittle Raid required a handmade bombsight
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPhoto courtesy National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The Norden bombsight was the primary bombsight used by American bombers during WWII. Before the...
‘Vanishing Act’ Review: The Doolittle Raid’s Side Quest
The Wall Street Journal· 4 weeks agoThe Doolittle Raid was the first major strike against the Japanese homeland in World War II....
How a Sacramento airfield aided in the Doolittle Raid
KTXL via Yahoo News· 3 weeks ago(FOX40.COM) — On a spring day in March 1942, a convoy of 22 Army Air Corps B-25s completed their...
Air Force defends ‘Doolittle’ football uniform from online critics
Air Force Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Air Force Academy football team kicked up virtual praise — and criticism — for its new alternate...
Farmers grow corn maze marking 40 years since tragic attack on Marines
Marine Corps Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLeonard Farms Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch has grown an intricate design commemorating 40 years since...
Remembering a West Warwick airman’s heroics in the Doolittle Raid | Opinion
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSubmitted opinion column: Alan E. Mesches is the author of "The Flying Grunt, the Story of...
This plane survived Pearl Harbor and struck back at Midway
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPearl Harbor had to be avenged. On April 18, 1942, the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo did exactly that....
Eighty years ago, the world outlook was bleak. Enter America into WW II, and fortunes turned
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs America marks Veterans Day, think back to 80 years ago. It is just after the devastating December...
Doolittle Raid veteran honored with historical marker
Gainesville Daily Register, Texas via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 7—A historical marker was recently unveiled in honor of Second-lieutenant Thadd H. Blanton, an airman from Gainesville who participated in the legendary "Doolittle" air raid over Japan ...
Marine vet marking Beirut attack anniversary with another 273-mile walk
Marine Corps Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMarine veteran Paul “Doc” Doolittle has been saving up his vacation time from his job as a security...