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    Jimmy Doolittle: The Warrior from Shangri-La

    By Michael D. Hull

    Shortly after the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, , President Franklin D. Roosevelt remarked that he would like to bomb the enemy homeland in revenge as soon as possible. But the distance involved made it seem like wishful thinking, for there were no aircraft then in the U.S. arsenal with the range for undertaking such a mission. Then it occurred to Captain Francis B. Low, the operations officer on the staff of Admiral Ernest J. King, U.S. Navy commander in chief, that Army Air Force bombers could conceivably be launched from the deck of an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean within range of Japan.

    The idea intrigued King and AAF planners, and details were worked out by a joint Army-Navy team. Volunteers recruited for the so-called “First Special Aviation Project” were told nothing, except that they would be putting their lives on the line. It would be a one-way mission. Once the planes had l

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    Jimmy Doolittle

    United States Air Force general and Medal of Honor recipient

    James Doolittle

    General James Harold Doolittle

    Born()December 14,
    Alameda, California, U.S.
    DiedSeptember 27, () (aged&#;96)
    Pebble Beach, California, U.S.
    Buried

    Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.)

    AllegianceUnited States
    Service / branchUnited States Army (–)
    United States Army Air Corps (–)
    United States Army Air Force (–)
    United States Air Force (–)
    Years&#;of service–
    RankGeneral (Honorary)
    CommandsEighth Air Force
    Fifteenth Air Force
    Twelfth Air Force
    Battles / warsWorld War I
    Mexican Border Service
    World War II
    AwardsMedal of Honor
    Army Distinguished Service Medal (2)
    Silver Star
    Distinguished Flying Cross (3)
    Bronze Star Medal
    Air Medal (4)
    Presidential Medal of Freedom
    Spouse(s)

    Josephine Daniels

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    Children2
    Other&#;workAir race pilot, test p
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    Gen. James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle was a profound presence in aviation: from his U.S. Army Air Corps service to his groundbreaking instrument-only flight to leading of the Doolittle Raid during World War II. Born in Alameda California., December 14, Jimmy Doolittle attended University of California Berkeley before joining the U.S. Army Signal Corp Reserves on campus. His flight-training took place at Rockwell Field, California. During the remainder of World War inom, Doolittle served as a flygning instructor. After the war, he became the first pilot to fly across the country in less than 24 hours. Aided for the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, INC, he helped develop technology for instrument-only flying. In Doolittle made the first known blind flight.

    After joining Shell Oil Company as head of the aviation department in Doolittle continued to set air speed records. Doolittle returned to active service in , working with large auto manufacturers to convert the facilit