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Usaf - Tokyo Raid - On 18 April 1942, Airmen Of The Us Army Air

92981; USAF - TOKYO RAID - On 18 April 1942, airmen of the U S 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. While the bomber crews look on Lt Col James H. Doolittle accepts from Admiral William F. (Bull) Halsey, Jr., medals previously given to U. S. Naval officers by Japan, to be tied to the bombs and returned "with interest."