On this date, April 18, 75 years ago, sixteen B-26 Medium Bombers with 5 man crews did what no other Plane this size had ever done. They took off from the deck of the USS Hornet CV-8 and bombed Tokyo, Japan. The raid did little damage but was a huge boost in morale for the American people. Pearl Harbor was fresh in the minds of us all.
One plane landed in The Soviet Union while the remainder crashed in China. All but three crew members made it back to the states although the Russians detained the five that landed there for more than a year.
Jimmy Doolittle was awarded the Medal of Honor and promoted two ranks to Brigadier General......Medicineman!
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