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Doolittle Legacy From Pacific to Europe and Back
The article recalls Colonel Jimmy Doolittle's 1942 Tokyo raid from the Hornet with B-25s, his rise to Lieutenant General in the Pacific, and his later role in defeating Germany. It notes the shift from B-25s to B-29s, his airpower philosophy, Caterpillar Club moment, and his wartime command with the Eighth Air Force.
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Jimmy Doolittle
Hornet
Doolittle
Pacific
Far Eastern
Africa
Eighth Air Force
Okinawa
Japan
America
Jimmy
Caterpillar Club
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Winston Churchill
Germany
Lieut
Henry Brown
Washington, D. C