Us Official Photographs

TKYO FLYERS War Theatre

WASHINGTON, D. C. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY AIR FORCES WASHINGTON April 21, 1943. TO ALL PERSONNEL OF THE ARMY AIR FORCES: In violation of every rule of military procedure and of every concept of human decency, the Japanese have executed several of your brave comrades who took part in the first Tokyo raid. These men died as heroes. We must not rest - we must re-double our efforts - until the inhuman warlords who committed this crime have been utterly destroyed. Remember those comrades when you get a Zero in your sights - have their sacrifice before you when you line up your bombsights on a Japanese base. You have demonstrated that the Japanese cannot match you in aerial combat or in bombardment. Let your answer to their treatment of your comrades be the destruction of the Japanese Air Force, their lines of communication, and the production centers which offer them opportunity to continue such atrocities. H. H. ARNOLD, General, U. S. Army, Commanding General, Army Air Forces. FOR VICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS AND STAMPS 3-8075, AF