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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

Aeronautics -- United States -- History. --- Air pilots -- United States -- Biography. --- Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993. --- Generals -- United States -- Biography. --- United States. Army Air Forces -- Biography. --- Doolittle, James Harold, --- United States.