| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 141 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Military profiles |
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Military profiles.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1 Tough Upbringing 3 -- Chapter 2 Reputation Building 11 -- Chapter 3 Landing Blind 24 -- Chapter 4 Fast Flying and Fuel 32 -- Chapter 5 The Raid 45 -- Chapter 6 World War II: The Young General 67 -- Chapter 7 World War II: The Mature General 83 -- Chapter 8 War's End and After 97 -- Chapter 9 California and Conclusions 108 |
| Summary |
On April 18, 1942, Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led a flight of sixteen B-25 bombers off the flight deck of the USS Hornet on one of the most daring raids in U.S. military history, a low-level strike on Tokyo and other Japanese cities. For this heroic act, he received the Medal of Honor. But, as Dik Alan Daso convincingly argues, James H. Doolittle should be remembered as much more than a famous combat pilot. With a doctorate in aeronautics from MIT, he devoted his life to mastering the technical and practical intricacies of the most amazing new invention of his time, the airplane. In 1922, Doolit |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-127) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993.
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| SUBJECT |
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 fast |
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Doolittle, James Harold. swd |
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United States. Army Air Forces -- Biography
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Army Air Forces fast |
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Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
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Generals -- United States -- Biography
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Aeronautics -- United States -- History
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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TRANSPORTATION -- Aviation -- History.
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Aeronautics
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Air pilots
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Generals
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Luftkampf
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781612340531 |
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1612340539 |
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