Doolittle Raid Over Tokyo WWII Newsreel (Great Original Footage) | Tokyo
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From the Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. MP 71-8:99 Castle Films Newsreel 09:37 Col. Jimmy Doolittle prepares for the raid over Tokyo. Pilots and planes are shown on board the carrier. The planes take off in choppy seas and successfully bomb targets. It's the first time Tokyo is bombed. Crew members also share an interview together. Doolittle received the Congressional Medal of Honor for the mission. Video Courtesy: Castle Films (Public Domain)
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Why would the soviets intern American soldiers? Weren't they technically allies?
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This raid was a terrible idea.
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Thank you
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The American government had the will to launch 16 medium bombers off an aircraft carrier 73 years ago to strike the main island of Japan but cant muster up the will to destroy ISIS in 2015. How pathetic. FDR, Hap Arnold , Jimmy Doolittle and his boys had balls of forged steel. We sure could use some of that leadership now in 2015. No wonder they're called the greatest generation.
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Proud of my family!
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April 18. This is THE day. <S> Jimmy...and Dick Cole, too.
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My take on the Doolittle raid...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaNZHuRz13s
Christopher Kelly author with Stu Laycock of America Invades, www.americainvades.com -
2:02 "The greatest surprise raid in the history of aerial warfare"...Really? Isn't there an elephant in the room here? Does 7th December 1941 not ring a bell?...Anyone?
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Great video. One inaccuracy that I could detect. The bombers did not circle until there was a formation. The bombers took off, turned left to circle to back behind the Hornet, then fly over the flight deck, which was pointed toward Japan. The Navy provided wind speed and direction on black boards. Then each bomber made its way toward its target, one at a time. The training, raid, and aftermath is described in Captain Ted Lawson's book, "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo." Thanks for posting this. The courage of these crews who made it and those who didn't still brings a tear to my eye.
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Doolittle's men needed those Heavy Seas to give them the lift like that. Did you see that? They practically lifted off the deck.
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Great video, thanks for the video!
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Thanks for the comment!
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Thank you for posting this. In this time of trouble involving the "New China", it is valuable for the People of the PRC to know that it is NOT them with whom we are angry; it is their government that is choosing to take the warmongering pathway of the Imperial Japanese.