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On 18 April 1942, Airmen, Of The Us Army Air Forces, Led By Lt

April 1942, airmen, of the US Army Air Forces, led by Lt. Col. James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, carried the Battle of the Pacific to the heart of the Japanese empire with a surprising and daring raid on military targets at Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, and Kobe. This heroic attack against these major cities was the result of co-ordination between the Army Air Forces and the US Navy, which carried the sixteen North American B-25 medium bombers aboard the carrier USS Hornet to within take-off distances of the Japanese Islands. Five members of Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle's bombing mission to Tokyo, Japan, forced down in China (Sammenhain). Left to Right: Sgt Edward J. Saylor; Lt Thomas Robert White; Lt Don Smith; Lt Griffith Williams and Lt Howard A. Sessler. 18 April 1942.