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Image: James H Doolittle medal bomb

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Description: James H. Doolittle wires Japanese (peace) medals to a bomb. Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, USAAFWires a Japanese medal to a bomb, for "return" to its originators in the first U.S. air raid on the Japanese Home Islands, April 1942. Photographed on board USS Hornet (CV-8), shortly before LtCol. Doolittle's B-25 bombers were launched to attack Japan.

Photo #: NH 102457
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