Transcript Doolittle Raid - U.S. History 1900

The Doolittle Raid
By: Dylan Stark
Doolittle Raid
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The Doolittle Raid was the first raid by the United
States to attack Japanese home islands during
world war 2.
It was the only operation in which the united
states army air forces bombers were launched
from a U.S Navy aircraft carrier (the Hornet).
It was the longest mission ever flown by the B25B Mitchell medium bombers.
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On the morning of April 18, at a distance of about
650 miles from Japan, the task force was sighted
by a Japanese picket boat which radioed an
attack warning to Japan. Even though the boat
was quickly destroyed by gunfire from an
American cruiser, Doolittle and Hornet skipper
Captain Marc Mitscher decided to launch the B25’s immediately a day early and about 200 miles
farther from Japan than planned.
B-25B Mitchell Medium Bombers
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In world war two, the united states had 16
B-25B medium bombers.
Each bomber had four 500 pounds (three
high explosive and one incendiary) bombs
on each plane and they had two .50 caliber
machine guns in an upper turret.
They had five people in each plane.
There was a total of 64 bombs.
Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle
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James Doolittle was born in Alameda,
California on December 14, 1896.
After graduating from high school in Los
Angeles, he made his way to get a better
education at the Los Angeles junior college
and the university of California. He enlisted
in the army’s signal Corps reserve in
October of 1917, received flight training
and was commissioned in March of 1918.
Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle and his crew
Chinese
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Most of the B-25 crews that came down in
China eventually made it to safety with the
help of Chinese civilians. But the Chinese
lost a lot of civilians for sheltering the
Americans.
The Japanese military slaughtered an
estimated 250,000 civilians while searching
for Doolittle’s men
Medal of Honor
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General Henry "Hap" Arnold who was the
chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps was with
him, along with Doolittle's wife, Joe, and
General George C. Marshall, when
President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented
him with the Medal of Honor in April 1942.
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