61st Doolittle Raider Reunion Program

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California
“ Here We Come Again”
61st Reunion of the Doolittle Raiders (www.Jimmydoolittlereunion.com)
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Reflections
Reflections
T
his painting by John Ford
memorializes a stark event on April 2,
1942, in the life of each Tokyo Raider.
The Doolittle Raiders set sail from
California’s Alameda Naval Station to
conduct a mission fraught with secrecy and
dangerous unknowns. As they departed San
Francisco Bay, (on board the USS Hornet
with 16 B-25 bombers on deck) each Raider
realized that the sight of the Golden Gate
Bridge may be the final view of his beloved
homeland.
This painting depicts the pensive gaze of the
Raiders, both individually and collectively, as
they headed out to sea. Mirrored in aviator
glasses are the deck of the USS Hornet,
majestic arches of the Golden Gate Bridge,
and distant western horizon. No rank is
shown on the flight cap nor is there a specific
identity on the jacket nametag. This is meant
to symbolize the 80 men who shared a
singular purpose. The risks they took and the
commitment they shared, thrust them forever
into history.
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Table of Contents
“Reflections” ........................................................................................................................................ 2
Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................. 4
Welcome To The 61st Reunion of the Doolittle Raiders ............................................................... 7
“Victory Started Here” .................................................................................................................. 8–11
“California, Here We Come!” ................................................................................................... 12–13
The Crews .................................................................................................................................... 14–19
“Biography of Lt. General James H. Doolittle” ........................................................................... 19
“I Remember the Day” ...................................................................................................................... 19
Biographies of Living Doolittle Raiders................................................................................. 20–23
The 80 Raider Goblets ...................................................................................................................... 22
In Memoriam ...................................................................................................................................... 23
Reunion Week Schedule ................................................................................................................... 25
Biography of James Warren ............................................................................................................. 30
Biography of Paul Galanti ................................................................................................................ 35
Biography of Cliff Robertson .......................................................................................................... 37
Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Museum Foundation ............................................................ 41-42
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The 61st Reunion
JIMMY DOOLITTLE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
of the Doolittle
Raider’s
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The purpose of the Museum is to portray the history of Travis Air Force Base’s
contribution to the development of airlift in the Pacific.
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• To provide and maintain an aviation and aerospace, educational, scientific,
cultural, historical and inspirational facility for the general public.
• To provide to youth, students and scholars historical research facilities and
inspirational exhibits.
• To serve as a meeting place and forum for aerospace oriented organizations
and individuals for the benefit of all Northern California.
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Welcome to the 61st Reunion of the Doolittle Raiders
Ladies and Gentlemen,
O
n behalf of the Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space
Museum Foundation, the Jimmy Doolittle Air and
Space Museum Education Foundation, and the Travis
Air Museum I would like to welcome you to the 61st Reunion
of the Doolittle Raiders. These organizations have worked
feverishly, but also with great excitement, for almost a year to
Dr. Gary Leiser
prepare for this reunion of these very special men. Indeed, it is
a distinct pleasure and honor to welcome them to our local
communities. The goals of these organizations in hosting the 61st Reunion are
two-fold. First and foremost, it allows us to pay tribute to a select group of men of
great character who volunteered for a dangerous mission of great significance
during their country’s darkest hour. Second, and with the full support of the Raiders, it provides a launching pad for our dream of building the state-of-the-art Jimmy Doolittle
Air and Space Museum at Travis AFB. The current Travis Air Museum, with its collection of
more than 30 aircraft and hundreds of other artifacts, the largest such collection between San
Francisco and Seattle, is housed in the old base commissary dating from the early 50s and is in
the middle of the base. It desperately needs a new home with direct public access. Travis AFB
has identified 16 acres as a potential new site near Air Base Parkway. A general plan has been
prepared along with an architect’s conception of a new
museum. The challenge now is to raise the funds to build
it. These funds must come from private and local government sources. Estimates of the cost run as high as $50
million. But there are eight million people within 75 miles
of Travis, a market without peer on the West Coast for a
major tourist destination that would not only be a museum but also an informal science and education center
and a convention center with tie-ins to the major businesses in Solano and surrounding counties. The potential
is unlimited. Please join us in realizing
our dream. The greater San Francisco
Bay Area and Sacramento Area would
never be the same.
Dr. Gary Leiser, Director, Travis Air Museum
Dateline 15 June 2001: Brigadier General Thomas Kane, 60 AMW/CC greeted a
large group of enthusiastic spectators, including Congressman Mike Thompson, at
the corner of Hickam Avenue and Parker Road for the groundbreaking ceremony
for the Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Museum.
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Victory Started Here (The story of the Doolittle Raid on Japan in 1942)
USS Hornet (CV 8) underway in Hampton Roads, VA,
27 October 1941, a week after her commissioning.
80-G-463613
B-25 Mitchell
By Dr. David G Styles
Photo #
NH53289
USAAF B-25 B
bombers on
board USS
Hornet for the
Doolittle Raide,
April 1942
D
ecember 7th 1941 was the
“....date that will live in
infamy...” in the words of
President Franklin D Roosevelt. It
was on that Sunday morning that the
Japanese fleet attacked the American bases at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
That raid was an outstanding piece
of naval audacity, though the intended declaration of war never
reached the White House, hence
Roosevelt’s angry reaction, but noone can say it was not a brilliant
Dr. David G. Styles
demonstration of naval strategy in
action. However, Admiral Yamamoto
said shortly afterwards: “I fear this has awaken a sleeping giant”
– it certainly had. On the following day, the British Garrison at
Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese invaders and very shortly
afterwards, the British forces in Malaya were driven out and
Singapore fell to the Japanese. President Roosevelt was furious
about Pearl Harbour and instructed his military commanders
to find a way of retaliating quickly and effectively. What has become known as the Doolittle Raid was the answer and it took
place less than three months after its inception.
James H Doolittle first carved his name in the annals of world
aviation history back in 1925, when he became the second
American to win the world’s most prestigious air race of the
day, the Schneider Trophy. But before that, he was the first
man to fly solo coast-to-coast across America (in 1922 — five
years before Lindbergh’s solo crossing of the Atlantic) and
went on to become the first man ever to fly an outside loop,
as well as being the first pilot, in 1928, to fly “blind” on
instruments only. Quite a record, to which he added a
Doctorate in Aeronautical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But Jimmy Doolittle was later to do
much, much more, both for his country and for world freedom. For he was the man who led that first offensive strike against
Japan to follow the raid on Pearl Harbor. It was to have a
profound effect on Allied military fortunes in the Pacific.
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just taken a major body blow. So they volunteered – to a man.
Seventy nine young men flew with Jimmy Doolittle into the
unknown – the only certainty for them being the prospect of
not getting back from their mystery mission. The plan was to
sail to within four hundred miles of Japan and take off, hit
their targets and fly on to Chuchow, in China.
On the left, Lt. Colonel Doolittle is
about to pin Japanese medals
awarded to American servicemen
before the start of this new World
War, on to one of the bombs he and
his crews will drop on Japan. The
message that went with them was
“Returned with Interest”.
The Doolittle Raid was intended to fly
sixteen North American B25B light
bombers off the deck of the USS “Hornet” and attack targets
at Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo, and Yokohama. The brainchild of a submariner, Captain Francis Low, the concept of
flying a squadron of twin-engined bombers from the deck of
an aircraft carrier was lunacy – for it had never been done
before and nobody knew if or just how possible it was. A trial
flight from the “Hornet’s” deck just off the Atlantic coast
proved it could be done with an unladen bomber in calm waters. But Jimmy Doolittle took his sixteen B25s, each laden
with four 500-pound bombs, from the deck of the “Hornet” in
such turbulent seas that the waves were heaving over the flight
deck of the carrier, despite it standing fify-five feet above the
water line.
Once the decision was taken, Doolittle had ninety days to
create a unit from the aircraft of the four squadrons (the 34th,
the 37th and 95th Bomb Squadrons and the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron) of the recently arrived 17th Bomb Group in
Columbia, South Carolina. He chose his crews carefully and
invited them to volunteer for an undisclosed mission which
would be extremely dangerous – to the extent that there was
no guarantee any of them would survive. To young men
itching to hit back at the attackers of Pearl Harbor, that’s the
kind of challenge most would not resist, even though
common sense would say: “Stay at home and volunteer for a
training job!”. But these young men had been trained to
uphold their country’s military honor and their country had
Amazingly, after taking off two hundred and fifty miles earlier than planned (the sixteen-ship flotilla under the command
of Admiral William F “Bull”
Halsey had been spotted by a
Japanese picket boat, so
Doolittle and Halsey decided
that, having come this far, they
would continue with the raid.
Of the eighty men who left the
flight deck of the “Hornet”,
sixty nine found their way
back to American territory
inside six months. Not one aircraft was shot down in the raid
and though some took damage, all flew out of Japanese
air space intact. That raid was
to prove hugely significant to
both the American and British
peoples, starting the turn of the
tide of the War in the Pacific.
Why to the British? Well, with the Japanese holding nearly
200,000 British in their prison camps by the time the Doolittle
Raid took place on 18th April 1942, many thousands more
were battling against supreme odds to prevent the same fate
befalling them. It also caused the Japanese to withdraw vital
forces to defend the home islands, so weakening their Pacific
campaign. Significantly, only six weeks after the Doolittle
Raid, the Americans won the Battle of Midway and the procession to victory over Japan had begun.
In battle terms, this particular raid was just a pinprick, but in
morale terms it was a huge boost for the United States and a
major humiliation for the Japanese, culminating in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki a little more than three years
later and the final end of World War Two. But the true courage
of this mission was to show itself in the aftermath. For only
one aircraft landed on an airfield – at Vladivostok, in Soviet
Russia, the crew being interned (they escaped thirteen months
later), the others all either bailed out at night far adrift of their
destination in Chuchow or ditched in the sea.
Some survived terrible injuries resulting from their crash landings, others walked away almost unscathed. Eight became
prisoners of the Japanese and three of them were executed,
the rest suffering the most appalling deprivations from which
one of their number died. (As the Japanese army tried to find
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Victory Started Here
continued
the ditched crews, two hundred thousand Chinese civilians
also died in retribution for the Doolittle Raid). The courage of
these eighty men was beyond dispute from the moment they
volunteered to undertake their hazardous mission, but it was
to face its greatest test from the moment the surviving
seventy-seven reached Chinese territory, for three died in tragic
circumstances on the day of the raid. Cpl Leland Faktor died
as he tried to bail out of his aircraft, while Sgts Donald
Fitzmaurice and William Dieter drowned in Chinese waters a
few hundred yards from the shoreline. The courage of the
survivors, though, did not fail them. “Toujours au Danger”
was the motto of the 17th Bomb Group, a motto acquired by
the 17th Group after service in France during World War One.
Translated to the phrase “Ever in Peril”, it has become the
Badge of Courage for every man who flew in that raid.
One particular example of courage and endurance is that of
Crew Seven from the aircraft named “Ruptured Duck”, the
pilot being Lt Ted Lawson, who wrote his own story of the
raid in a book called “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo”, published
in 1943. As they were coming in close to the shoreline about
100 miles east of Chuhsien, in torrential rain and over a heaving East China Sea, Lawson had thought the best way of
putting the aircraft down would be to stall it and “pancake” it
on to the surface. At the last minute he changed his mind and
decided to attempt a wheels-down landing on the beach —
then his luck ran out. He had unfortunately, in the blinding
rain, miscalculated his line, so instead of the aircraft rolling on to
the beach, as Lawson had intended, it plummetted into the waves
at such a velocity that it somersaulted into the water and hurled
Lawson and co-pilot Dean Davenport through the plexiglass
canopy, still strapped into their seats, into the icy sea.
Bombardier Bob Clever was hurled through the glazed nose
and suffered serious injuries to his back. Ted Lawson’s nose
was crushed, all of his front teeth smashed from his jaws and
B-25B
Number Built: ........................ 120 (one crashed before delivery)
AAF Serial Numbers: .......................................... 40-2229-40-2242
.............................................................................. 40-2244-40-2348
Span: ........................................................................ 67 square feet
Length: ................................................................................. 52’ 11”
Height: .................................................................................... 15’ 9”
Maximum Speed: ........................................... 300 mph @ 15,000’
Normal Bomb Load: ...................................................... 2,400 lbs.
Normal Range: ............................................................ 2,000 miles
Crew: .............................................................................................. 5
Empty Weight: .............................................................. 20,000 lbs.
Gross Weight: ................... 26,208 lbs. (28, 460 maximum gross)
Power Plant: ( ......................................... 2) 1,700 hp, 14-cylinder,
................................................ Wright Cyclone R-2600-9 engines
......................................................................... 1,350 hp @ 13,000’
his lower lip ripped from his face. In addition to this, his left
leg was broken and flesh below the knee had been torn away,
so that he could see the bone. The aircraft’s gunner, Sgt David
Thatcher, was the least injured in the crash and he hauled the
others ashore to the safety of a Chinese hut. Thatcher nursed
his colleagues until professional help came and when Lt Thomas White, a flight surgeon and gunner of Crew 15 (which
landed quite close to “Ruptured Duck”) reached Thatcher and
his crewmates, he took over the care of Lawson and Clever.
It was Tom White who amputated Ted Lawson’s leg.
It is significant to note that, after the war, Jacob de Shazer
followed in his father’s footsteps and became a Baptist minister.
He then returned to Japan and a few years later, took great pride
in having converted one of his former captors to Christianity –
they remained lifelong friends, even as Jake de Shazer returned
home to the United States after thirty years working with Japanese victims of war. Such is the power of forgiveness.
Tom Griffin, navigator of Crew 9, was rescued and returned
to active duty, transferring to Europe after a brief home leave,
only to be taken prisoner by the Germans in 1943, to spend
the rest of his war in Stalag Luft 9. I asked him how he felt on
that first combat mission to Japan. His reply was as positive
as the answer he’d given at the 60th Anniversary press conference the evening before: “I didn’t really know just what I’d
let myself in for and the impact of it didn’t hit me until after
we’d left Japan. It was only when we’d bailed out over China
that I began to think I just might not get back – but we did”.
Jacob de Shazer, on the other hand, admitted he was filled
with apprehension as his plane lifted off the deck of the “Hornet”, because he had missed a religious service conducted by
the ship’s chaplain over the planes the day before they took
off on their mission. Being the son of a minister, that troubled
de Shazer, though on the mission, he let go his bombs and
they got away from Japan unscathed. But he was unlucky,
because his aircraft was one
of the two that ended up in
Japanese territory and he
spent the remaining forty
months of the Pacific war in a
prison in Shanghai, along with
Robert Hite, and Chase Nielsen
(Nielsen was the principal witness at the subsequent War
Crimes Trial which considered
the case against their captors).
David Thatcher revealed that
he was very tense as he
boarded that B25 “The Ruptured Duck”. He was very nervous as the aircraft took off, he
admits he was “pretty damned
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Gunnery crews on board the
Enterprise practice as the Task
Force heads into enemy waters.
TBD-1s on the flight deck of USS
Enterprise. The Enterprise
provided the only
air cover for the
Task Force because
the Hornet’s
aircraft had to be
stored below deck to
make room for the
B-25s.
scared”, yet focussed and cool as they flew over the target area.
But when they hit the sea in the attempt to make a level ditch, he
had thought his number was up. Instead, he nursed his crew mates
and stuck with them regardless of the hazards. Which was why
he was awarded the Silver Star in addition to the Distinguished
Flying Cross that he and all his colleagues were awarded.
Why the Hornet
W
hile the attack on Pearl Harbor was taking place on
December 7th 1941, the finishing touches on the newest aircraft carrier the USS Hornet were being completed in
Norfolk, Virginia. This new 20,000-ton carrier was classified
in the Yorktown class. She was big, fast and ready for commissioning. She was commissioned in late December and
sailed with her crew to the Caribbean for her shake down. She
was brought back to Norfolk in early January where two B25s were put on her deck. However, these two test aircraft
were carrying only two crew members, not five and were light
on fuel and with no weapons or bombs. Doolittle had to prove
the B-25 could take off in only 500 feet allowed with a crew
of five, 2000 pounds of bombs and full fuel tanks, a gross
weight of nearly 30,000 lbs. These aircraft were not designed
for carrier operations, but Doolittle changed that on April 18th
1942 when all sixteen bombers lifted off the deck of the USS
Hornet and flew on to their targets in Japan.
As soon as the tests were completed, the USS Hornet was
ordered to leave Norfolk and sail directly through the Panama
Canal and San Francisco.
After the training was complete at Eglin and all sixteen B-25s
were qualified to take off within 500 feet, they were ordered
to report to Alameda Naval Station. It was here the aircraft
would be loaded onto the deck of the USS Hornet. On April
2nd 1942 they sailed beneath the Golden Gate into the Pacific
Ocean to meet up with her battle group and head for Japan.
The Japanese after learning that the planes came off the deck
of the USS Hornet made he prime target in the months of
battle to come. Her first battle was at Midway Island where
she survived and soon after survived the battle of the Solomon
Islands. Her fate was sealed at the battle of Santa Cruz, where
she was hit by six bombs, two suicide planes and two torpedoes.
The USS Hornet was sunk on October 27 1942. Later in the war
a new Essex class carrier was commissioned and President
Roosevelt ordered it to be called the Hornet in honor of the ship
that took the Doolittle Raiders on their historic mission.
U.S.S. HORNET CVA-8 Service Dates
Cost: ................................................................... $32 Million
Laid down: ...................................................... 25 Sept 1939
Launched: ............................................. 14 December 1940
Commissioned: ........................................ 20 October 1941
Scuttled by the Japanese: ............................... 26 Oct 1942
U.S.S. HORNET CVA-8 Statistics
Length: ............................................................... 809 ft. 6 in.
Beam: ................................................................... 83 ft. 3 in.
Flightdeck Width: ....................................................... 127 ft.
Draft: .................................................................... 21 ft. 8 in.
Displacement: .................................................. 20,000 tons
Propulsion: ................................. Geared Turbines, 4 shafts,
................................................... 120,000 shaft horsepower
Speed: ....................................................................... 34 kts.
Armament ........................................... 81 planes, 8 x 5"/38,
........................................................... 16 x 1.1", 24 x 20mm
Armor: ....................................................... 4" belt, 1.5" deck
Complement: ............................................................... 2072
Class: .................................................................... Yorktown
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California Here I Come Again
By Dr David G Styles
I
t was March 23rd 1942. The Doolittle Raiders had been training at Eglin Army Air Base, in Florida,
for only twenty days to prepare them for a task they still didn’t know. On this morning, Jimmy
Doolittle had received a signal from General Henry H “Hap” Arnold with the simple message:
“Get on your horse!”. He called for all the crews of the 17th Bombardment Wing who had come to
Eglin to assemble for orders. When they did, he gave them this talk:
“Today’s the day we move out. I’m going to tell you one more time what I’ve been harping on
since we came to Eglin. Do not tell anyone what we were doing down here. Even if you think
you’ve guessed what our mission is, just keep in mind that the lives of your buddies depend on
your not breathing a word about this to another soul”.
He then dismissed all but the twenty-two crews who were to move out. Two of the original twentyfour aircraft which had come to Eglin had been damaged in training and were removed from Doolittle’s
inventory. The other twenty two crews were given the briefest of flight plans and instructed to fly their
B-25s to McLellan Field, near Sacramento in California on the following morning the first plane
going off at 11am. The flight route was from Eglin to
Kelly Field, near San Antonio in Texas. The next leg
was to March Field in southern California and
finally to McClellan. There was a bit of low flying and
high spirits in that trans-continental run, but they all
arrived intact and pretty much on time. Jimmy Doolittle
had taken off before the main group, refuelling at
Kelly Field and then flying on instruments to McLellan
directly over the Rockies, to prepare for the arrival of
the others.
The top picture
depicts the color
scheme of the
Doolittle Raid
B-25Bs (Courtesy
Revell-Monogram).
The main
illustration is of
Lt Col Jimmy
Doolittle’s aircraft –
the other two noses
show the art applied
to Aircraft Nos 7
and 11 in take-off
order.
McLellan Field was a maintenance base and the intention was that all the aircraft would go through a final
major sequence of checks and such repair work as might
be found necessary, ready for the next stage of their
mission, loading on to the aircraft carrier CV-8 USS
Hornet, though they, of course, didn’t know that this was their next step. The other crews checked
their flight plans, checked compasses and planes, then took off for California. For Jimmy Doolittle,
this was the third time he had flown across the country with a mission. His first had been back in 1922,
when he flew a DH-4 from Pablo Beach in Florida to Rockwell Field in California on 4th September –
his second was as he set a new speed record for a cross continent flight from Burbank in California to
Newark, New Jersey on 4th September 1931. But this third trip was the most important and serious
cross-country flight of his career. Almost as soon as the last B-25 had arrived at McLellan, Doolittle
called his team together again and made it plain that he did not want any of them out on the town. He
instructed them to stay close to the airfield and be available to ensure that everything that was needed
to be done to their planes was done.
The maintenance unit ground crews were mostly civilians, which was a problem for Doolittle, because they were not subject to the same disciplines as enlisted men. Having met the depot commander,
Lt Col Doolittle was to learn that not all the materials for the work to be carried out was available. The
work to be carried out included the replacement of the plexiglass navigational windows with glass
ones, the installation of new hydraulic valves to the gun turrets and the replacement of the propellers
to all the aircraft. Then, the additional fuel tanks had still to be installed! During the fitting of the
propellers, Ted Lawson, pilot of “Ruptured Duck”, noted that when his propellers had been replaced,
the crew had run up the engines so fast that the tips were picking up grit and suffering damage. Then,
to add insult to injury, they sanded down the abrasions on the blade tips dry which, as Lawson observed, would make the tips go soft when exposed to salt water, so he told them to apply a film of oil
(Lawson was working with Douglas Aircraft at El Segundo, before joining the Army).
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The picture above
was photographed
over Texas, near
San Antonio, and is
one of the group of
B-25s that went to
California. No 402267 (named
“TNT” on the nose)
was the fifteenth off
the deck of the
Hornet and was
flown by Lt Donald
G Smith. This was
the aircraft which
carried Lt Thomas
White, the flight
surgeon who flew
this mission as a
gunner and it was
he who amputated
Lt Ted Lawson’s leg
in the crudest of
conditions in
China.
Jimmy Doolittle was furious that he
just could not persuade either the
workers or the depot commander of the
urgency of getting his aircraft ready for
flight quickly. They should have no
problems with engine work as they had
been given quite specific instructions
to touch no part of the engines. Finally,
an appeal to “Hap” Arnold achieved
the desired result, though not before
at least one aircraft’s engines had been
tampered with. It was difficult to gain
the release of the B-25s, because not
all the scheduled work had been completed. But they did finally get the
planes out, largely thanks to the efforts of Major Jack Hilger, and flew them across from McClellan
Field to NAS Alameda, where they would be craned aboard the waiting Hornet. Finally, sixteen B-25s
were loaded aboard, having been drained of fuel, and the Navy crewmen swarmed all over them to lash
them down to the flight deck ready for a journey to who-knew-where
Of all the crews that went on this mission, four were native Californians. Jimmy Doolittle himself, of
course, came from Alameda, very close to where they were loading the B-25s. Before joining the Air
Service of the US Army Signal Corps in 1917, he was a student of mining engineering at the University of California. He abandoned his studies to join the Army, but later discovered that if he had joined
through the University, he would have been awarded his degree. It was 1922 before he finally achieved
that. Then, while serving in the Army, he completed his Master’s in Aero Engineering with M.I.T. and
also achieved a doctorate from the same institution. He was first to take off from the Hornet, aboard B25 No 40-2344.
Lt Ted Lawson came from Fresno and had studied Aeronautical Engineering with UCLA. He was
employed by Douglas Aircraft Corporation and returned to them after the war: he was seventh off the
deck in “Ruptured Duck” No 40-2261.
The navigator/gunner of the eleventh B-25, No 40-2249, off the Hornet was Lt Frank Kappeler, a
native of San Francisco. He achieved his Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Polytechnic College in Oakland. He joined the Navy in 1936 and transferred to the Army Air Corps, qualifying
as a Navigator in 1941. Transferring to Europe in August 1942, he spent the rest of his war there and
finally retired from the Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel, then went into the real estate business in
Santa Rosa, California.
The bombardier of Aircraft Number 11 was S/Sgt William Birch, who came from Calexico. He had
joined the Army some time before the war and joined the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron when it formed
with the B-25B.
The subsequent mission to Jimmy Doolittle’s third flight across America was to
be the most significant flight of his whole career. And the prize for that mission
was the highest award his President or his country could give to him – the Medal
of Honor.
Following the raid on Tokyo, General Henry "Hap" Arnold, chief of the
U.S. Army Air Corps was present, along with Doolittle's wife, Joe, and
General George C. Marshall, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt
presented Jimmy with the Medal of Honor in May 1942. (U.S. Army Photo)
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The
The Raid,
CrewsThe Raiders and Their Importance To America
Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun;
Here they come zooming to meet our thunder,
At 'em boys, Give 'er the gun! (Give 'er the gun now!)
Crew #1
Crew #3
(Plane No. 40-2344) from left to right, Lt. Henry A. Potter
(Navigator); Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle (Pilot); S. Sgt. Fred A.
Braemer (Bombardier); Lt. Richard E. Cole (Co-Pilot); S. Sgt.
Paul J. Leonard (Engineer–Gunner). (Air Force Photo)
(Plane No. 40-22770); from left to right, Lt. Charles J. Ozuk
(Navigator); Lt. Robert M. Gray (Pilot); Sgt. Aden E. Jones
(Bombardier); Lt. Jacob E. Manch (Co-Pilot); Cpl. Leland D.
Faktor (Engineer–Gunner). (Air Force Photo)
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P
Crew #2
Crew #4
he first plane off the Hornet was, of course, flown by
Jimmy Doolittle, and left at 0815 hours. They reached
Japan at 1330 hours. After dropping incendiary bombs
on a factory complex in Tokyo they headed back out to sea
through sporadic anti-aircraft fire. The trip across the sea to
China was for the most part uneventful and the Chinese coast
was reached after dusk. With darkness fast failing, Doolittle
and his crew were forced to bail out. After some anxious hours
in the darkness they were contacted and picked up by Chinese
guerrillas and peasants.
(Plane No. 40-2292): from left to right, Lt. Col R. Wildner
(Navigator); Lt. Travis Hoover (Pilot); Lt. Richard E. Miller
(Bombardier); Lt. William N. Fitzhugh (Co-Pilot); Sgt. Douglas V.
Radney (Engineer–Gunner). (Air Force Photo)
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his plane closely followed Doolittle into Tokyo and
dropped their bombs from only 900 ft. (also on a factory) They headed to China with Doolittle’s plane in sight.
After losing sight of plane #1 in the darkness over the Chinese
mainland, they crash landed their plane in a rice paddy and set
fire to it. Like the crew ahead of them this crew was also picked
up by Chinese guerrillas.
lane 3 flew closely behind the others and bombed a
factory and then fire-bombed a dock area. Since the Japanese were now alerted, plane 3 had to fight off fighters as
well as anti aircraft fire while it flew out to sea. Just about out
of fuel when China was reached, Gray ordered everyone to
bail out. Corporal Faktor was killed in the jump. The rest of
the crew made it down safely and with the help of the Chinese
eventually made it to Chunking and joined up with the other Raiders including Doolittle. Faktor was buried by the Chinese.
(Plane No. 40-2282): from left to right, Lt. Harry C. McCool
(Navigator); Cpl. Bert M. Jordan (Engineer–Gunner); Lt. Everett
W. Holstrom (Pilot); Sgt. Robert J. Stephens (Bombardier); Lt.
Lucian N. Youngblood (Co-Pilot). (Air Force Photo)
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his plane didn’t fare as well as the first ones.
After developing a fuel leak in on of the wing tanks, it
was attacked by fighters before they reached the coast. They opted
to jettison their bombs over the sea and head for China. Darkness
and rain overtook them and as soon as they reached China they
bailed out and were also picked up by Chinese guerrillas.
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The Crews continued
Crew #5
(Plane No. 40-2283): from left to right, Lt. Eugene F. McGurl
(Navigator); Capt. David M. Jones (Pilot); Lt. Denver V. Truelove
(Bombardier); Lt. Ross R. Wilder (Co-Pilot); Sgt. Joseph W.
Manske (Engineer-Gunner). (Air Force Photo)
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his plane due to an oversight, took off with the gas tanks
shy 30 gallons. They also got a little off course and lost
time finding their target in Japan. Due to this loss of time
and a shortage of fuel, they dropped their bombs on the docks of
Tokyo and immediately
headed for China. They also
bailed out in darkness and
rain. They were separated
from each other until the sun
came up. They met up with
the other crews and with the
help of the Chinese finally
reached Chunking on the
29th.
B-25B Cockpit
Crew #6
(Plane No. 40-2298): from left to right, Lt. Chase J. Nielsen
(Navigator); Lt. Dean E. Hallmark (Pilot); Sgt. Donald E.
Fitzmaurice (Engineer–Gunner)
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hey skimmed the ocean all the way to Japan,
and the plane ran into heavy flak when they reached the
coast. Their bombs were dropped on some gun positions and
they also headed for China. They ran out of gas and crashed into
the sea a few miles from shore. It took Hallmark hours to finally
reach land and it was not until the next morning that he found out
that the bodies of Fitzmaurice and Dieter had been recovered by
the Chinese after washing up on a beach. After seeing to the burial
of their two crewmen, the others were hidden by Chinese soldiers. The three survivors Hallmark, Meder, and Nielsen were
then betrayed by a Chinese officer and turned over to a Japanese
patrol. A horrible ordeal was about to begin for them.
Crew #7
(Plane No. 40-2261): from left to right, Lt. Charles L. McClure
(Navigator); Lt. Ted W. Lawson (Pilot); Lt. Robert S. Clever
(Bombardier); Lt. Dean Davenport (Co-Pilot); sgt. David J.
Thatcher (Engineer–Gunner). Air Force Photo
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his crew dropped their bombs on a factory complex on
Tokyo Bay and flew at top speed back out to sea. Unable
to make the China mainland due to running out of fuel,
Lawson ditched the plane in the water near an off shore island. He had tried to land on the beach but failed. Lawson
was the most grievously injured but made it to the island. The
next day they were taken to the mainland by a Chinese fishing
boat. Lawson probably would have eventually died from his
wounded leg, if they had not teamed up later with “Doc” White,
the gunner on plane 15. White was Lt Robert White, a physician
with the 89th Recon Squadron. He had volunteered for the mission and when he was told the only opening was for a gunner, he
trained as a gunner and wrangled himself a spot on plane 15. He
operated on Lawson and more than likely saved his life.
Crew #8
(Plane No. 40–2242): from left to right, Lt. Nolan A. Herndon
(Navigator–Bombardier); Capt. Edward J. York (Pilot); S. Sgt.
Theodore H. Laban (Engineer); Lt. Robert G. Emmens (CoPilot); Sgt. David W. Pohl (Gunner). Air Force Photo
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his plane was using up more fuel than was usual
and Capt York, knew he’d never get to China after hitting Japan. He then made a decision to head for Russian territory after his bomb run. He dropped his bombs on the first
factory he flew over Tokyo and headed for Russia. They made
it and landed safely on Russian territory. Since Russia, while
an ally of the United States, was not at war with Japan the
crew and their plane were interned by the Russians until the
end of the war.
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Crew #9
Crew #11
(Plane No. 40-2303); from left to right, Lt. Thomas C. Griffin
(Navigator); Lt. Harold F. Watson (Pilot); T. Sgt. Eldred V. Scott
(Engineer–Gunner); Lt. James M. Parker (Co-Pilot); Sgt. Wayne
M. Bissell (Bombardier). Air Force Photo
(Plane No. 40-2249) from left to right, Lt. Frank A. Kappeler
(Navigator); Capt. C. Ross Greening (Pilot); Sgt. Melvin J.
Gardner (Engineer–Gunner); Lt. Kenneth E. Reddy (Co-Pilot); S.
Sgt. William L. Birch (Bombardier). (Air Force Photo)
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Crew #10
Crew #12
atson guided the plane through heavy flak and they
dropped their bombs on the Tokyo Gas & Electric Co.
reaching China in the dark they were forced to bail
out into the stormy night when their fuel ran out. They were
scattered about the countryside and weren’t reunited until the
Chinese found them one by one. Watson had suffered a broken shoulder upon landing.
(Plane No. 40-2250): from left to right, Lt. Horace E. Crouch
(Navigator–Bombardier); Lt. Richard O. Joyce (Pilot); S. Sgt.
Edwin W. Horton (Gunner); Lt. J. Royden Stork (Co-Pilot); Sgt
George Larkin Jr. (Engineer). Air Force Photo
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hey got the plane off easily and bombed a factory
between Tokyo and Yokohoma. Flak was heavy and on
their way out they were jumped by Japanese fighters.
Sgt Gardner operating the top turret guns shot down two of
the attacking planes. In fact they also sank a fishing vessel by
machine gun fire while flying over the China Sea. This crew
also had to make a night jump into China when their fuel ran
out. They were picked up by the Chinese.
(Plane No. 40-2278): from left to right, Lt. William R. Pound, Jr.
(Navigator); Lt. William M. Bower (Pilot); S. Sgt. Omer A.
Duquette (Engineer-Gunner); Lt. Thadd H. Blanton (Co-Pilot); S.
Sgt. Omer A. Duquette (Engineer– Gunner); Lt. Thadd H.
Blanton (Co-Pilot)/ T. Sgt. Waldo J. Bither (Bombardier). Air
Force Photo
nce in the air they sped to Tokyo and dropped their bombs
on a Tokyo steel mill. This aircraft encountered enemy
fighters and heavy flak as they headed back out to sea
his crew bombed a refinery in Yokohoma and
at 300 MPH. The crew managed to down two fighters in the
strafed a power station. Upon reaching China the fog was
engagement. The flight to China was made through stormy
very heavy and they bailed out. The Chinese hid them for days
weather and they too had to bail out once they reached the
while the Japanese patrolled the area. They were finally united
China coast. They were gathered together immediately by the
with the other crews.
Chinese.
Tokyo Raid 18 April 1942
TASK FORCE 16 (See display in Travis Air Museum)
Ships
Task Group 16.1
Task Group 16.2
Carriers:
USS Enterprise CV-6
USS Hornet CV-8
Cruisers:
USS Vincennes II CA-44 USS Northampton CA-26
USS Nashville II CL-43 USS Salt Lake City CA-25
Destroyers:
USS Gwin III DD-433
USS Balch DD-363
USS Grayson DD-435
USS Benham DD-397
USS Monssen DD-436
USS Ellet DD-398
USS Meredith DD-434
USS Fanning DD-385
Oilers:
USS Cimarron AO-22
USS Sabine AO-25
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In addition, the submarines USS Thresher and USS Trout were operating off the
Japanese coast, watching for enemy fleet movements and weather conditions.
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The Crews continued
Several raiders are led through a friendly Chinese
village. From left are Lt. Macia, Lt. Sims, S/Sgt.
Eierman and Major Hilger. The Japanese took
revenge on the Chinese for helping the Americans
escape. It was estimated that more than 250,000
Chinese, most of them civilians, were killed in the
areas where the planes crashed.
Crew #15
Crew #13
(Plane No. 40-2278): from left to right, Lt. William R. Pound, Jr.
(Navigator); Lt. William M. Bower (Pilot); S. Sgt. Omer A.
Duquette (Engineer–Gunner); Lt. Thadd H. Blanton (Co-Pilot); T.
Sgt. Waldo J. Bither (Bombardier). Air Force Photo
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his crew dropped their bombs on ships and docks in
Tokyo Bay before heading to China. It was 10 PM be
fore they reached the coast and bailed out when the tanks
went dry. Local villagers helped hide them until they could
re-join the other crews. The Chinese did this while being aware
of the fact that they would be executed by the Japanese if they
were caught doing so.
Crew #14
(Plane No. 40-2297): from left to right, Lt. James H. Macia
(Navigator–Bombardier); Maj. John A. Hilger (Pilot); S. Sgt.
Jacob Eierman (Engineer); Lt. Jack A. Sims (Co-Pilot); S. Sgt.
Edwin V. Bain (Gunner). Air Force Photo
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ilger piloted the plane to Nagoya and bombed
military targets before heading after the others to China.
After this crew bailed out they had to be hid by Chinese farmers until it was safe to move them out to be re-united with the
others.
(Plane No. 40-2267): from left to right, Lt. Howard A. Sessler
(Navigator–Bombardier); Lt. Donald G. Smith (Pilot); Lt. (Dr.)
Thomas R. White (Gunner); Lt. Griffith P. Williams (Co-Pilot);
Sgt. Edward J. Saylor (Engineer). Air Force Photo
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mith took them to Kobe where they bombed an industrial
complex before heading back out to sea in excess of 300
mph. They crashed into the sea near the China coast but
all got to land safely. This was the ship carrying “Doc” White
as a gunner. If he hadn’t been along Lawson would have died
and others night have been too injured to travel away from the
Japanese patrols if he hadn’t mended them.
Crew #16
(Plane No. 40-2268); from left to right, Lt. George Barr
(Navigator); Lt. William G. Farrow (Pilot); Sgt. Harold A. Spatz
(Engineer–Gunner); Lt. Robert L. Hite (Co-Pilot); Cpl. Jacob D.
DeShazer (Bombardier). Air Force Photo
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his plane bombed their target in Japan but the
crew was captured upon crash landing in China and endured horrible treatment by the Japanese. In fact, Lt Farrow
and Sgt Spatz were executed along with Lt Hallmark after a
trumped up “kangaroo court.”
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Biography of Lt. General James H. Doolittle
By Col. C.V. Glines,
USAF (Ret.)
J
ames H. “Jimmy”
Doolittle was born in
Alameda, California on
December 14, 1896, and
spent his early boyhood in
Nome, Alaska. He returned
to California to complete
high school and go to college
at the University of California at Berkeley. He enlisted
in the Signal Corps Enlisted
Reserve in the fall of 1917
and received his wings in
March 1918. He did not go
overseas during World War I,
but was assigned as a flying instructor. He was later transferred to southern Texas for border patrol duty before being
assigned to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas as a test pilot and
engineering officer.
In 1922 he was the first pilot to fly coast-to-coast in less than
a day. Although he had not finished college before he enlisted
in the Army for flight training, he was given credit for his
engineering experience and was granted a bachelor’s degree
by the University of California. He received a master’s degree in 1924 and a doctor of science degree in 1925 from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. That same year, he won
the Schneider racing trophy for flying a seaplane to a new
world speed record. In 1929, Doolittle was assigned to Mitchel
Field, NY to participate in the blind flying experiments that
led to his making the world’s first “blind” flight entirely by
the use of cockpit instruments.
Doolittle resigned his regular commission as a first lieutenant
in 1930, received a commission as a major in the Air Corps
Reserve and was appointed to head the Shell Oil Company
aviation department. He won the Bendix Trophy in 1931, the
Thompson Trophy in 1932, and set a number of point-to-point
speed records to attract public attention to aviation. Meanwhile, he participated in the development of 100-octane gasoline that resulted in the production of more powerful aircraft
engines. He volunteered to return to active duty in 1940 at
Indianapolis and Detroit and helped the transition of the automobile industry to wartime production. He was promoted to
lieutenant colonel and transferred to Washington in January
1942 where he began planning the raid on Japan.
After returning from China following the Tokyo Raid, Doolittle
was assigned to head the Twelfth Air Force in North Africa
and was promoted to major general. In late 1943, he was transferred to command the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy. In January
1944, he was assigned to command the Eighth Air Force in
England and received his third star as a lieutenant general.
After Germany surrendered, he was ordered to the Pacific to
prepare for the participation of the Eighth Air Force in the
final air assault on Japan. The war ended before the Eighth
was engaged in further combat.
After World War II, Doolittle returned to Shell Oil Co. and
subsequently served on a number of federal boards and commissions. In 1956, he was named Chairman of the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA). He retired from Shell in 1967 but served on the boards
of, and as a consultant for, several major corporations. He was
promoted in 1985 to four-star rank by special act of Congress
and had his stars pinned on by President Ronald Reagan and
Senator Barry Goldwater. In 1989, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George H. W. Bush. He
died on September 27, 1993 and is buried in Arlington 3ational
Cemetery.
“I Remember The Day …”
As told by Wade B. Campbell, 17-year old USN Plane Captain, USS Hornet (CV-8), April 18, 1942:
“Fifteen of the sixteen Raider B-25 crews
took off without an incident, except the last
one — whose tail was hanging over the ship
fantail due to limited parking space.
A Petty Officer was removing the chock from
its nose wheel while another plane located
at mid-ship revved its engines at full throttle,
preparing to be signaled for takeoff.
The wind from the revving propellers, plus a
strong wind blowing down the deck, pushed
the Petty Officer into a moving propeller of
that last B-25. I watched what looked to be
an impossible situation as the sailor bravely
stood and fought against all odds facing him,
and lost his arm. It could have been his life.”
Quotes from Destination Tokyo by Stan Cohen
The above book is available for purchase tonight in our Raider Memorabilia Booth
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The
Raid, The
and Their
Importance To America
Biographies
of Raiders
Living Doolittle
Raiders
William L. Birch
“Bill” Birch was born September 7, 1917 at
Galexico, California. After graduating from high
school, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in September 1939. He completed bombsight maintenance school and was assigned to the 34th Bombardment
Squadron. He volunteered for the Doolittle mission as a bombardier and was assigned to Crew No. 11. After bombing their
targets, they flew to China and had to bail out at night. They
were assisted to safety by Chinese villagers. After the raid,
Birch was accepted for flying training and received his wings
and commission in June 1943. He separated from the service
in 1945 and now lives in Santa Ana, California.
Col. William M. Bower
Born February 13, 1917 at Ravenna, Ohio,
“Bill” Bower graduated from high school in
1934. He attended Hiram College and Kent
State University. After college graduation, he
entered flying training and was commissioned and rated
as a pilot on October 4, 1940. The pilot of Crew No. 12, he
ordered his crew to bail out over China. They were hidden
from enemy forces by the Chinese and eventually made it
to Chungking. After the Tokyo Raid, Bower served with
the Mediterranean and 12th Air Forces in England, Africa
and Italy. After World War II, he completed Air Command
and Staff College and served in various stateside assignments.
His final assignment was in Newfoundland. He
retired in 1966 and lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole
“Dick” Cole was born September 7, 1915 at Dayton, Ohio. After graduating from high school, he
attended Ohio University and enlisted as a Flying Cadet on November 22, 1940. He completed
flying training and was commissioned in July 1941. He
was assigned as the co-pilot for Lt. Col. Doolittle on the
first aircraft that departed the carrier on April 18, 1942
and bombed targets in Tokyo. This crew bailed out over
China at night and was assisted by friendly Chinese in their
effort to avoid the Japanese forces. After the raid, Dick
remained in China until June 1943 and returned for a second tour in the CBI Theater from October 1943 until June
1944. He was relieved from active duty in January 1947
but was recalled in August 1947. He served as an operations officer with the Venezuelan Air Force from 1959 to
1962. Peacetime service was spent in Ohio, North Carolina and California. He retired in January 1967 and lives
in Comfort, Texas.
Lt. Col. Horace E. Crouch
“Sally” Crouch was born October 29, 1918 at
Columbia, South Carolina. He graduated from
Columbia High School in 1936 and attended The
Citadel from which he received a BS degree in
Civil Engineering in 1940. Meanwhile, he had enlisted in
the Army National Guard and served from 1937 to 1940 and
was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He attended bombardier, navigation and radar schools after joining the Army
Air Corps and was thus “triple rated.” His aircraft was damaged slightly over the target area but escaped; however, his
crew also bailed out over China and he remained in China
after the raid until June 1943. After World War II, “Sally”
served three tours in the Pacific and one tour each in North
Africa and Germany. He retired in 1962 and taught mathematics in the Columbia High School system and still lives
in his home town.
Doolittle Tokyo Raider Reunions
J
immy Doolittle made a promise to his
Raiders before they left the carrier,
“When we all get to China,” he said,
“I’m going to throw you fellows the
biggest party you’ve ever had.”
They didn’t all get to China but
Doolittle always kept his promises. When the war
ended, he wrote personal notes to all of the surviving
Raiders and invited them to Miami as his guests to
help him celebrate his birthday in December 1945. It
was a three-day party and his men had so much fun
reminiscing about their lives since they had last seen
each other that they said they’d like to meet every year
from then on. They didn’t meet in 1946 but have met
every year since, except 1951 and during the Korean
War and 1966 during the Vietnam War. While they
met at first for fun and fellowship, they have gathered
for many years since with three purposes: to renew
their long friendship, to honor the memory of those
who have gone, and to participate in some activity that
is of benefit to the nation, the Air Force, and the community in which they meet. Since 1963, the Raiders
have presented a scholarship each year in the name of
their leader to a deserving college student who is nominated by their hosts in the reunion city or they have
made a donation to a local charity.
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Rev. Jacob D. DeShazer
“Jake” DeShazer was born in West Stayton, Oregon on November 15, 1912. He graduated from
Madras High School in Madras, Oregon in 1931,
enlisted in the Army Air Corps on February 26,
1940 and attended bombardier and mechanics schools. His
aircraft was the last one to depart the carrier and all members
of his crew were captured by the Japanese. He survived 40
months as a prisoner of war and was released with three other
Raiders on August 20, 1945. He separated from the service in
October 1945 and attended Seattle Pacific College in preparation for a life as a missionary from which he graduated with a
BA degree in June 1948. He returned to Japan in
December 1948 to fulfill the vision he had while a prisoner.
During a sabbatical leave, he graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary with a Bachelor of Divinity degree in June
1958. Jake received worldwide news attention when it was revealed that he had converted Mitsuo Fuchida to Christianity.
Fuchida was the pilot who had led the Japanese air attack on
Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Jake lives in Salem, Oregon.
Thomas C. Griffin
“Tom” Griffin was born at Green Bay, Wisconsin
on July 10, 1917. After high school, he attended
the University of Alabama and graduated in 1939
with a BA degree in Political Science and a commission as a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery reserve.
He was ordered to active duty but requested relief in 1940 to
enlist as a Flying Cadet. He was trained as a navigator and recommissioned on July 1, 1940. After bombing their targets in
Tokyo, Tom and his crew bailed out over China. They were
escorted to safety by Chinese villagers and assisted by two
Catholic missionaries. After the Tokyo Raid, Tom served with
the 12th Air Force in North Africa and was captured by the
Germans in July 1943. He was a prisoner of war until released
in May 1945 and was separated from the service as a major.
Tom pursued a career as an independent accountant until retirement in 1980 and resides in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Nolan A. Herndon
Nolan was born at Greenville, Texas on December 12, 1918. He attended college for two years
and enlisted in the Army Air Corps in July 1940.
He was commissioned after graduating from navigator training in June 1941 and then completed the course as a
bombardier. He was the navigator-bombardier on Crew No. 8
whose pilot elected to head for Russia after bombing targets
in Tokyo. After a safe landing on a strip near Vladivostok, his
crew was interned by the Russians for over 13 months until
they were able to arrange an escape to Iran. After his return to
the U.S. in May 1943, he had various assignments in the States
and was relieved from active duty in November 1945 as a
major. Nolan lives in Edgefield, South Carolina.
Lt. Colonel Robert L. Hite
“Bob” Hite was born on March 3, 1920 at Odell,
Texas. After graduation from high school, he completed three years of college and enlisted as an
Aviation Cadet on September 9, 1940 at Lubbock,
Texas. He received his pilot rating and commission on May
20, 1941. As co-pilot on Crew No. 16, his plane was the last
B-25 off the carrier. He and his crew were captured by the
Japanese after bailing out over Japanese-held territory. They
were held for nearly 40 months and were released on August
20, 1945 after American OSS agents parachuted into Peking.
Bob remained on active duty until September 1947 and opted
for inactive duty until recalled during the Korean War on March
9, 1951. He served overseas before being relieved from active
duty again in November 1955. Bob lives in Camden, Arkansas.
Colonel Travis Hoover
“Trav” was born at Melrose, New Mexico on September 21, 1917. He graduated from Polytechnic
High School, Riverside, California in 1936 and received an AA degree from Riverside Junior College. He enlisted in the National Guard in 1938 and the Regular Army in 1940. He completed pilot training and was commissioned in May 1940. He was the pilot on the second crew
off the carrier and they dropped their bombs on a Tokyo factory. When they arrived at the China coast, Trav elected to
crash-land their plane in a rice paddy and attempt to set it on
fire. They made their way to Chungking and Hoover remained
in China flying missions until June 1942. He later served in
England, North Africa and Italy from July 1942 until September 1944. Later overseas service was in Okinawa; Stateside
assignments were in Washington, D.C., Texas, California, Mississippi and Kansas. During this period, Trav received a BA
degree from the University of California. He retired in 1968
and lives in Joplin, Missouri.
Master Sgt Edwin W. Horton
“Ed” Horton was born on March 28, 1916 at North
Eastham, Massachusetts. He graduated from high
school in 1934 and enlisted in the Army on September 30, 1935. He served overseas with the Field
Artillery at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii from 1935 to 1938
before re-enlisting in the Air Corps at March Field, California. He completed Gun Turret Maintenance, Aircraft Armorer
and Aircraft Mechanics schools and was the engineer-gunner
on Crew No. 10 piloted by Lt. Richard O. Joyce on the
Doolittle Raid. Ed remained in the CBI theatre after the
Raid until July 1943. He was assigned to bases in Oklahoma and Florida and overseas at Wheelus Field, Tripoli,
Libya. Ed retired in 1960 and worked in the Civil Service
at Eglin Field, Florida until he retired a second time. He
lives in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
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Biographies of Living Doolittle Raiders continued
Major General David M. Jones
“Davey” Jones is a native Oregonian who was born
at Marshfield on Dec 18, 1913.
He graduated from Tucson High School, Arizona
in 1932 and enlisted in the Arizona National Guard. He attended the University of Arizona where he completed a B.S.
degree and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the
U.S. Army Cavalry reserve. He served on active duty for a
year and then transferred to the Air Corps for pilot training
in June 1937. After graduation the following year, he was
assigned to the 17th Bomb Group and was a captain when
he volunteered for the Doolittle Raid. He and his crew bailed
out after arriving over China in darkness. After the Raid,
he served in North Africa and was shot down over Bizerte
on December 4, 1942. He spent the next 2 years as a prisoner of the Germans. After release he had various Stateside
operational assignments, including duty in England as a
wing commander and in Florida as commander of the Air
Force Eastern Test Range. He retired on May 31, 1973 and
lives in San Antonio, Texas.
Lt. Colonel Edgar E. McElroy
“Ed” was born on March 24, 1912 at Ennis, Texas.
After graduation from high school, he attended
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas for three
years. He entered military service in November
1940 and completed pilot training in July 1941. He was the
pilot on Crew No. 13 that dropped their bombs on the ship
yards and docks at Yokohama. As did most of the other crews,
they bailed out and were able to escape capture by enemy
forces. Ed remained in the CBI theatre until June 1943. Ed’s
postwar service was in operational assignments in Japan, Korea, the Marianas Islands, England, Germany and Laos. He
retired in June 1962 and has resided in Lubbock, Texas since
that time.
Lt. Colonel Frank A. Kappeler
Frank was born on January 2, 1914 at San Francisco, California. After high school graduation,
he attended Polytechnic College of Engineering,
Oakland, California and graduated with a B.S. degree in aeronautical engineering. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy
in 1936 and was assigned to a unit in Oakland. He transferred to
the Air Corps and was rated as a navigator in June 1941. Later, he
also qualified as a bombardier. He remained in the CBI Theater
after the Raid until August 1942 and served with a bomb unit in
England from November 1943 until June 1944. Stateside assignments after the war were in Texas, Ohio, and California before
going overseas to Japan in 1951. He attended the Air Force Institute of Technology and received a Master’s degree in engineering. One assignment before retirement in 1966 was as deputy
commander of the Minuteman Site Activation Task Force in
Minot, North Dakota. Frank lives in Santa Rosa, California.
Colonel James Herbert Macia, Jr.
“Herb” Macia was born on April 10, 1916 at Tombstone, Arizona. After graduation from Tombstone
High School, he attended the University of Arizona prior to entering military service in June 1940.
He completed navigator training and was commissioned in
June 1941. His aircraft bombed targets in Nagoya and followed the assigned route to China where his crew bailed out
and were helped to safety by Chinese citizens. After the raid,
Herb was assigned to England from March 1943 to April 1945
and flew many missions over Europe. He was relieved from
active duty in February 1946 and was recalled during the Korean War in March 1951. He remained in the service until retirement in 1973 and was the last Tokyo Raider on active duty.
Herb now lives in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
The 80 Raider Goblets
T
he Doolittle Raiders are as remarkable for their
time-honored traditions as they are for their raid on
Japan. At each reunion, the Raiders perform a ceremony
to honor their fallen comrades, and the ones who have
passed away since the previous reunion. The ceremony
involves a set of eighty sterling silver goblets that were
presented to the Raiders as a gift from the citizens of
Tucson, Arizona after World War II. Each goblet is engraved with the name of a Raider.
During a private ceremony, the Raiders raise a toast with
their silver goblets placed back in the case right side up,
and the goblets of those who have passed since the last
reunion are turned upside down (each goblet is engraved
twice, right side up and upside down, so that the name
will always be readable).
This poignant tribute to their fellow Raiders will continue until only two Raiders remain, and they will perform the last toast using a special bottle of brandy that
will be opened on that occasion. The goblets are kept
on display at the United States Air Force Academy in
between reunions, where they are continually guarded
by two Airmen. During the 61st reunion, the goblets
will on display in the lobby of the Hilton in Fairfield, CA.
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Lt. Colonel Chase J. Nielsen
Chase was born on January 14, 1917 at Hyrum,
Utah. After high school graduation, he attended
Utah State University from 1935 until 1938 majoring in civil engineering. He enlisted as a Flying
Cadet in August 1939 and was rated as a navigator in June
1941. He later earned ratings as a Senior Aircraft Observer
and Master Navigator. Chase was the navigator on Crew No.
6 that bombed Tokyo. After the Raid, the pilot elected to ditch
the plane and two members of his crew were drowned. The
other three were captured by Japanese soldiers and joined the
five members of Crew No. 16 in prison. The pilot was executed and the copilot died later of malnutrition. After his release, Chase returned to Japan as a witness in the Japanese
War Crimes Trials concerning the cruelty of their jailers. Chase
remained in the service in various assignments in the Strategic Air Command until retirement in 1961. He later completed
a second career with the Civil Service and lives in Brigham
City, Utah.
Charles J. Ozuk
“Chuck” was born on June 13, 1916 at Vesta
Heights, Pennsylvania. After graduation from high
school, he enlisted in November 1939 and completed Radio and Mechanics schools at Chanute
Field, Illinois. He applied for navigator training and was commissioned in June 1941. He was the navigator on Crew No. 3
that bombed targets in eastern Tokyo. They were chased by
enemy fighters but outran them. When they arrived over China,
the pilot ordered everyone to bail out. All landed successfully
except the engineer-gunner who was killed. Chuck remained in
China after the Raid until July 1942. He subsequently flew bombing missions in North Africa and Italy until April 1945 and left
active duty with the rank of captain. He lives in the Air Force
Village in San Antonio, Texas.
Lt. Colonel Edward J. Saylor
“Ed” was born March 15, 1920 at Brusset, Montana. After high school graduation, he enlisted on
December 7, 1939 and attended the Air Corps mechanics’ school at Chanute Field, Illinois. He was
the engineer/gunner on Crew No. 15 that bombed an aircraft
factory at Kobe. They were fired on by an anti-aircraft battery
but escaped. When they neared the Chinese coast, the pilot
elected to ditch near an off-shore island. They all made it to
shore and were led to safety by a Chinese guerilla force. Ed
remained in enlisted status throughout the war but applied for
and received a commission and served as an aircraft maintenance officer at bases in Iowa, Washington, Labrador and
England. He later received a regular commission and served
until retirement in 1967. Ed lives in Puyallup, Washington.
Colonel Jack A. Sims
Jack was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on February 23, 1919. He graduated from Western Michigan University in 1940 with a BA degree and later
received a Master’s degree from the University of
Chicago in 1949. He became a Flying Cadet in June 1940 and
won his wings in July 1941. After the Tokyo Raid, he remained
in India briefly flying submarine patrol. He was next assigned
to a B-26 group in August 1942 and served in North Africa
where he completed 40 missions. His plane was damaged
over Salerno, Italy but he managed to land safely on one
engine with a live bomb dragging out of the bomb bay. He
graduated from Air Command & Staff College and the Air
War College and subsequently served in various Stateside
and overseas assignments, including duty with the Office
of Special Investigations, liaison officer on General
MacArthur’s staff, chief of the House of Representatives
liaison office and as chief of the USAF/RAF Exchange Program in the office of the Air Attache at the American Embassy in London. He retired in August 1968 and now lives
in Naples, Florida.
David J. Thatcher
“Dave” was born in Bridger, Montana on July 31,
1921. After completing high school he enlisted in
the service on December 3, 1940 and completed
the Airplane and Engine Mechanics’ Course at Lincoln, Nebraska in December 1941. He was an engineer-gunner on Crew No. 7 that bombed targets in Tokyo and ditched
off the Chinese coast. He was slightly injured but cared for
the other four badly injured crew members as they evaded the
enemy forces, assisted by Chinese guerrillas. He was awarded
the Silver Star for his gallantry in assisting his fellow crew
members. He late served in combat units in England and North
Africa until January 1944. Dave was discharged as a Staff Sergeant in July 1945 after Stateside assignments in California. He
served with the U.S. Postal Service until retirement and lives in
Missoula, Montana.
IN MEMORIAM
At this Reunion, four more goblets will be turned
downward, acknowledging the deaths of Raiders
Roy Stork,
Henry Potter,
Clayton Campbell,
and Harry McCool
who passed away since last year’s reunion.
The goblet ceremony has traditionally been restricted
to members of the Raider party. We are honored that
the Raiders have elected to open this traditionally
private ceremony to the media this year.
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Salute! Bravo! Applause! Thank You!
Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space
Museum and Education
Foundation
PO Box 1565 • Travis AFB, CA 94535 • (707) 424-5605 • DSN 837–5605
April 16, 2003
Preserving
our aviation
heritage in
building a first
class museum
at Travis Air
Force Base
which will
serve the
cultural,
educational,
and
inspirational
needs of
our youth,
Dear Friends:
On behalf of the Boards of Directors of the Jimmy Doolittle Air
and Space Museum Foundation and the Jimmy Doolittle Air and
Space Museum Education Foundation, it is a honor and privilege
to welcome you to the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Reunion.
We are deeply grateful to the Raiders for allowing this event to
be a platform for launching the fundraising drive to build a new
aviation museum. This museum, honored with General Jimmy
Doolittle’s name will display the history of American aviation.
The sacrifice, courage and heroism shown by the Raider group
exemplifies a long line of historic American Patriots. Thank you
for participating in this wonderful American event.
students, and
scholars of
Solano County,
the bay area,
and northern
California.
David A. Fleming, President
Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space
Museum Education Foundation
Michael J. Peters, President
Jimmy Doolittle Air and
Space Museum Foundation
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Reunion Week Schedule
Tuesday April 15th
10:00 am to 8:00 pm ....... *Raider Arrival & Hotel Check-In at the Hilton.
11:00 am to 8:00 pm ........ Doolittle Memorabilia Store, sponsored by the Travis Museum Gift Shop, will be open for
purchases in the Hilton’s “Hickam Room” From morning through evening, 15-18 Apr 03, & on the
morning of 19 Apr 03.
• Some Raiders may make themselves available on an unscheduled basis, to meet and greet visitors
& sign autographs in the Hilton’s Ballroom.
Wednesday April 16th
8:00 am to 10:00 pm ....... Sales in the Doolittle Memorabilia Store at the Hilton Hotel's "Hickam Room" - Several items
offered in all price ranges, are adaptable to Raider autographs.
• Free! Free! Continuous viewing of the Academy Award winning movie, Thirty Seconds Over
Tokyo, based on the novel by Doolittle Raider, Captain Ted W. Lawson. (Ellen Lawson, wife of the
author will autograph newest second edition – available on-site.) Other military movies also will be
shown. (Hilton lobby) Viewing will continue ALL Reunion Long-• Free! Free! Military History on Tour—Historic artifacts on display with historians to explain the
Raid. Tons of Items on display ALL Reunion long -12:30 to 1:30 pm ............. Parade, hosted by the City of Fairfield, featuring the Jimmy Doolittle Raiders, the Air Force
Band of the Golden West, vintage WW II vehicles/armament, and WW II era re-enactors (of
Eagle Field) A B-25 fly-over is scheduled to coincide with the Parade (formation flying).
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm ......... “Meet & Greet the Raiders” Wine & Cheese Social (heavy hors d’oeuvres) Sponsored by
Rombauer Vineyards, Chandelle Winery and Mr Stanley Davis of Vacaville. Location: Travis
Air Museum. Open to all with current base access.
• Lt. Col. James Warren an original Tuskegee Airman, will give special greeting.
• Mayors of Fairfield & Vacaville and Museum Foundation President, offer a formal welcome
to the Raiders.
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm ......... “Meet the Raiders” in the Hilton Ballroom - Raiders sign autographs on items purchased in the
“Hickam Room”
Thursday April 17th
8:00 am to 8:00 pm ......... Sales in the Doolittle Memorabilia Store at the Hilton’s “Hickam Room” - Several items offered
in all price ranges, are adaptable to Raider autographs.
9:00 am to 11:00 am ........ “Meet the Raiders” in the Hilton Ballroom - Raiders sign autographs on items purchased in the
“Hickam Room”
10:00 am to 5:00 pm ....... "Doolittle Raiders Flight Festival" with vintage aircraft in a 1940s' era outdoor festival of flight.
Doolittle Memorabilia Store satellite booths will be located on site. Military History On Tour
display. Other activities, including food and beverage booths. FREE
12:00 noon to 2:00 pm .... "Doolittle Raiders Gourmet BBQ" with area dignities, West Valley Choral, raffle for a photo
with the Doolittle Raiders. Ticketed event.
2:30 to 3:30 pm ............... “Travis Tribute to the Doolittle Raiders,” 1940s era concert featuring Travis AFB’s Band of the
Golden West Jazz Ensemble. FREE
6:00 pm to 9:30 pm ......... "Dinner with the Raiders" Featuring Guest Speaker Paul E. Galanti. A military salute to
celebrate the 61st anniversary of their brave attack on Japan April 18, 1942. Open to all with current
base access.
Friday April 18th
8:00 am - 11:00 pm ......... Sales in the Doolittle Memorabilia Store at the Hilton’s “Hickam Room” - Several items offered
in all price ranges, are adaptable to Raider autographs.
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm ........... “Meet the Raiders” in the Hilton Ballroom - Raiders sign autographs on items purchased in the
“Hickam Room”
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm ....... Gala Evening that includes a formal dinner with the Raiders and guest speaker Cliff Robertson.
Entertainment by: Don Treco and the Moonlight Swing Living-History Big Band. 1940s' attire
welcome!
Saturday April 19th
8:00 am - 12:00 noon ...... Sales in the Doolittle Memorabilia Store at the Hilton’s “Hickam Room” - Several items offered
in all price ranges, are adaptable to Raider autographs. Departures
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Salute! Bravo! Applause! Thank You! Travis AFB
“I have concluded that we were put on earth for a purpose.
That purpose is to make it, within our capabilities,
a better place in which to live.”
—General James H. Doolittle
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It is hard to fail;
but it worse never to have tried to succeed.
—President Theodore Roosevelt
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I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know;
the only ones among you who will be really happy
are those who will have sought and found how to serve.”
—Dr. Albert Schweitzer
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Travis Air Force Base
Gateway to the Pacific . . . Gateway to the World
T
ravis Air Force Base is home to the largest military
airlift organization in the United States Air Force and
is one of the biggest operational air bases in the continental United States. Since its construction, it has made a
contribution to every major American military activity and
continues to do so in today’s troubled times. It encompasses
some 6,258 acres and employs around 10,000 active duty and
civilian personnel.
Built with the intention of being used as a bomber base after
the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, it was commissioned in May
1943 as Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base, named after the two
local towns. It was actually used as an Army Air Corps ferry
base, receiving and ferrying aircraft to the Pacific Theater of
Operations in World War Two. It was also used as a naval
training base for a period (with a carrier deck painted on one
of the runways), before being re-assigned to the newly-formed
Air Transport Command. Now it had the job of continuing to
supply aircraft into the Pacific, but in addition, it handled troop
movements and supplies. A very substantial part of the Army
Air Force’s contribution to victory in the Pacific was made by
Fairfield-Suisun AAB and its home units. By 1945, it was the
biggest air despatch center on the West Coast.
After World War Two, Fairfield-Suisun was busy airlifting
troops and supplies to occupied Japan and to Korea and in
1948, when the Military Air Transport Service replaced Air
Transport Command, the base was confronted with the task of
participating in the Berlin Airlift, taking huge volumes of supplies to that beleaguered German city.
Handed over to General Curtis LeMay’s Strategic Air Command in 1949, during the period of massive expansion of the
Strategic Initiative, long-range reconnaissance and bomber
aircraft became familiar sights over the skies of FairfieldSuisun, together with Air Defense Command fighters. The airlift function took a back seat as the airfield was unrecognizably expanded to its present area. New hangars and housing,
new and expanded runways transformed the place. Then disaster struck, as the Base Commander and CO of the 9th Heavy
Bombardment Wing, Brigadier General Robert F Travis, was
killed whilst flying in a B-29 in 1950. In his memory, the name
of the base was changed to what it still is today – Travis Air
Force Base.
Just nine years after taking over the base, SAC handed it
back to Military Air Transport Service. That was in 1958. There
were several MATS units at Travis, then the name changed to
Military Airlift Command and in 1992 to Air Mobility Command. Whatever the name of the Command is and might be in
the future, the name “Travis” is now synonymous with the
task of heavy lift air transportation worldwide. Today, Travis
AFB is home to the 60th Air Mobility Wing, flying KC-10
Flight refuelers, and the 349th Military Airlift Wing, flying the
colossal C-5 Galaxy heavy lift transport as well as, of course,
the Travis Air Museum, or more formally, the Jimmy Doolittle
Air and Space Museum. Fittingly, it is only fifty miles or so
from the birthplace of one of America’s greatest aviators and
leaders plus home to the immediate successor to that most
famous of United States Ships – the USS Hornet.
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Fairfield Parade and Wine and Cheese Social
Dateline: April 16, 2003
12:30 to 1:30 pm
Fairfield Parade
parade hosted by the
City of Fairfield,
featuring the Jimmy
Doolittle Raiders, the Air
Force Band of the Golden
West, vintage WW II
vehicles/armament, and
WW II era re-enactors (of
Eagle Field). A B-25 flyover is scheduled to
coincide with the Parade
(formation flying).
A
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
“Meet and Greet the
Raiders”
Wine and Cheese Social
(heavy hors d’oeuvres)
sponsored by Rombauer
Vineyards, Chandelle
Winery and Mr Stanley
Davis of Vacaville.
Location:
Travis Air Museum*
Open to all with current base access.
*If necessary,
alternative location is
City of Suisun City’s
Nelson Center.
Lt. Col. James Warren an
original Tuskegee Airman,
will give special greeting.
Mayors of Fairfield, City
of Suisun City and
Vacaville and Museum
Foundation Presidents,
offer a formal welcome to
the Raiders.
April 16, 2003
Come join the fun. . .following Fairfield’s
“Welcome to the Doolittle
Raider’s” Parade, 12:30 to 1:30 pm
move out to Travis Air Museum’s
“Meet and Greet the Doolittle Raider’s”
Wine & Cheese Social, 2:00 to 4:00 pm
A Tuskegee Welcome By James C. Warren
C
urator, Gary Leiser, is very pleased to have Lt. Col. James Warren
give a special Tuskegee welcome at the “Wine and Cheese Social.”
James C. "Jim" Warren began his military career as one of the
original Tuskegee Airmen. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces on
November 19, 1942 and retired with the grade of Lieutenant Colonel,
thirty-five years later, on November 1, 1978. He served in WW II with
the 477th bombardment Group. Jim flew over 173 combat missions in
the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was awarded numerous medals for
his service, including the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters (OLC's are
given in lieu of an award of the same medal), the Air Medal with eleven Oak Leaf Clusters,
the Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force Commendation
Medal and several other citations and awards. His flying career of over 12,000 hours was
highlighted by being selected as the navigator of "Homecoming One" (The "Hanoi Taxi") the
first C-141 to fly into Gia Lam AP, North Vietnam and return the first group of American
POWs to Clark Air Base in the Philippines, the "Apollo 14" recovery team, flying the Apollo
crew from splashdown near Pago Pago, American Samoa to the Manned Space Center at
Houston, Texas and of the Bob Hope Christmas show on parts of the southeast Asia Tour in
December of 1964. Jim, graduated from University of Nebraska. He is a life member of the
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, the Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated, Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), the Distinguished Flying Cross Society and The Solano Pilots Association.
After leaving the Air Force he worked as a personnel executive for General Dynamics Corporation. He resides with this wife, Xanthia, in Vacaville, California. He is the author of the
recently published book, THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN MUTINY AT FREEMAN FIELD.
Doolittle Raiders and USS Hornet Exhibit
T
he Silicon Valley Scale Modelers, Scorpio Innovations,
and Obscureco Aircraft are donating a 1/72nd scale
model of USS Hornet's (CV-8) flight deck and island
and 16 1/72nd scale model of the B-25s used on the Doolittle
raid. Spokesperson William Ferrante mentioned that they are
also donating 16 1/1200th scale models of all the ships that
participated in Task Force 16, which escorted the Hornet.
The lst of the 16 1/72 B-25s
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“”Dinner With the Raiders”
Dateline: April 16, 2003
6:00 pm to 9:30pm
"Dinner with
the Raiders"
dinner at Travis
AFB’s Delta Breeze*
featuring guest Speaker
Paul E. Galanti. A
military salute to celebrate
the 61st anniversary of
their brave attack on Japan
April 18, 1942.
A
Open to all with current base
access. *If necessary,
alternative location is
Vacaville’s Ulatis
Community Center.
“Dinner with the Raiders”
hosted by the
Travis Officer’s Spouses Club
J
oin Wendy Bence and her assistant, Carla Petry of the Travis Officer’s Spouses Club
as they host “Dinner with the Raiders.” They worked closely with Cathleen Handlin
and Travis AFB staff to coordinate this impressive event.
The TOSC is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to providing support and funding to
military and community organizations at base, local and national levels. The TOSC also
awards scholarships to military high school seniors and adults pursuing continuing education. Each year, The Travis Officer’s Spouses’ Club awards approximately $10,000 in
scholarship money and $6,000 to local and national charitable organizations. Such Funds
are raised through sales in the TOSC Thrift Shop, fund-raising activities, and donations.
The TOSC promotes a social atmosphere that enables members to meet, greet and make
friends that enrich and support each others’ lives as part of the military family. TOSC
promotes special activity groups for people who share common goals and interests.
Regular membership is open to the spouses of active duty, warrant and retired officers,
who are members in good standing in the Delta Breeze Club. A social membership is
available to the spouse of an active duty officer, who chooses not to be a member of the
Delta Breeze Club. The TOSC invites all eligible spouses to join TOSC for the fine
opportunities it offers to have fun, make new friends and contribute to both the military
and civilian communities.
Dinner With the Raider’s Music provided by Alive Music Orchestra
(AMO) & Singers in Harmony
T
he AMO began as an Dixieland Jazz Band 23 years ago, earning awards
at parade festivals & patriotic events. Its awards continued when it evolved into
a Big Band Orchestra in 1990, performing on national and local
television networks. Today, its musicians are still among the best professionals in the North Bay area, playing music ranging from WWII era music to
gospel. The AMO is community minded, performing for churches, universities, U.S. Air Force, jazz festivals, veterans events, celebrity events, as well as
theme parks like Disneyland & Six Flags. The AMO invites you to contact them to
discuss possible engagements at corporate events, weddings, & fundraisers. Contact Mr. Keith Stout, PBD and Director, at the AMO website alivemusic.org, or
through klstout@pacbell.net, (707) 452-1351 or (916) 264-1191.
Message from Keith L. Stout, AMO
Director to the Doolittle Raiders
W
e’re honored & behind you in your mission & purpose — to
honor the Doolittle Raiders on their 61st Reunion! Last year on
December 7th, we produced & performed a drama / musical show at
the Vacaville Performing Arts Theater called “A Day of Remembrance.” The December 7th performance also commemorated Sept
11th – two tragic days when military & civilian lives were lost. We
want to do all we can to help produce a memorable event for our
honored Doolittle Raiders. Thank you for giving us another
opportunity to pay tribute to our military.
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“”Dinner With the Raiders” continued
Dateline: April 17, 2003, Delta Breeze, Travis AFB
of the night school program. He was then assigned by the Navy
to be the Commanding Officer of the Richmond Recruiting District which set new records during his tenure as the chief recruiter in Virginia.
In July 1979 he was reassigned to the U.S. Naval Academy in
the Office of the Commandant as a Battalion Officer where he
was responsible for the military and leadership training of 750
academy midshipmen. Additionally, he was assigned as the faculty advisor to the Brigade of Midshipmen Drum & Bugle Corps,
the Lucky Bag and the Midshipmen Honor Committee.
Paul E. Galanti Keynote Speaker For
“Dinner With The Raiders”
The Attitude Adjuster
Paul E. Galanti, Commander, U.S. Navy (Retired)
P
aul Galanti was a prisoner of war for nearly seven years
in North Vietnam's infamous Hanoi Hilton complex. He
not only maintained his sanity, he has managed, since his
return in February 1973, to excel in several different fields. He
maintains a positive attitude despite having been deprived of “what
should have been some of the best years of my life.” “Not so,”
says Galanti, “the best years are here, now!”
Paul Galanti was raised in a service family in many states,
Japan, France, Turkey and Germany. He graduated from the
U. S. Naval Academy in 1962 and then immediately entered
Navy jet flight training at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola,
Florida. Upon completion of advanced flight training at NAS
Beeville, Texas in November 1963, he was chosen to be a flight
instructor in Pensacola.
In November 1964, he was assigned to Navy Light Jet Attack
Squadron 216 (VA-216) based aboard the carrier, USS
Hancock, which departed for Southeast Asia in November
1965. Galanti flew 97 combat missions in his A-4C Skyhawk
before being shot down and captured on June 17, 1966. He
remained a prisoner of war of the North Vietnamese for nearly
seven years and was released on February 12, 1973.
Following a rehabilitation period at the Naval Hospital in
Portsmouth, Virginia, he was assigned to the Navy Recruiting
District in Richmond, Virginia as its Executive Officer. He
received his Master of Commerce degree from the University
of Richmond in May 1976 following successful completion
After retiring from the Navy, he became, in 1983, the first nonpharmacist Executive Director of the Virginia Pharmaceutical
Association in its 100 year history. During his nearly nine years
as Virginia pharmacy's chief executive officer, he was responsible for many innovations including the total computerization
of all association activities. He was the Medical Society of
Virginia's CEO for nearly six years. In July 1998, he became
the Executive Director of the Science Museum of Virginia Foundation after having been a longtime member of the Foundation's
Board. Galanti described his being able to work full-time for
the Science Museum as one of those rare opportunities that
merged business and pleasure. “The Science Museum of Virginia is a wonderful place to visit or work!”
Galanti's military decorations include the Silver Star, Two Legions of Merit for combat, the Meritorious Service Medal, the
Bronze Star for combat, nine Air Medals, the Navy Commendation Medal for combat and two Purple Hearts.
Additional Information: Galanti was featured on the cover of
Life (October 20, 1967), Newsweek (February 26, 1973) and
Selling Power, May/June 1995 issue. He was chosen as one of
the twelve outstanding motivators in the United States by that
national sales journal in May 1996. He is a recipient of the Liberty Bell Award, the Outstanding Virginian Award and numerous other awards and citations for civic service. He is Past President of the Science Museum of Virginia Foundation, Past President of Nam-POWs, the national Vietnam POW Fraternity, a
River Rat, POW Coordinator for the Skyhawk Association and
an Elder at First Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia.
Additionally, he served on the Secretary of Veteran Affairs'
Advisory Committee on Former POWs for four years and was
President of his class at Annapolis.
Recognized for his speaking ability (he's been described as “The
Attitude Adjuster”), Galanti's inspirational message has been
delivered to more than 1,300 groups ranging from school children to groups of physicians.
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61st Reunion
of the Doolittle Raiders
Memorabilia Stores
Located at the Fairfield’s Hilton Hotel, and other 61st Doolittle Raider’s Reunion
Events Travis Air Museum Gift Shop will be open.
All can be purchased later at the website.
The visiting Doolittle Raider’s will be happy to autograph at SPECIFIED TIMES
ONLY THOSE ITEMS
that have been purchased at the 61st Reunion’s Memorabilia Store.
COLLECTIBLES
Cap ............................................................... $15.00
T-shirt .......................................................... $12.00
Golf shirt ..................................................... $26.00
Coffee Mug, Blue with logo ......................... $8.00
Coffee Mug, White with logo ....................... $6.00
LITHOGRAPHS CREATED FOR
61ST DOOLITTLE RAIDER REUNION
A Tribute to Courage © 2002 ..................... $25.00
by Colleen Britton
with The Story Behind the Image document
USS Hornet
by Peter Crosson & Jesus Sabeniano .......... $10.00
with Obscure But Remarble Facts document
MODELS
B-25 Model C/D Kit .................................... $49.00
B-25 Model with stand .............................. $150.00
VIDEO & BOOKS
30 Seconds Over Tokyo video ..................... $17.00
30 Seconds Over Tokyo book ...................... $26.00
The Doolittle Raid .......................................$25.00
I Could Never Be So Lucky ......................... $30.00
Master of the Calculated Risk ..................... $16.00
Four Came Home ........................................ $16.00
Destination Tokyo ........................................ $14.00
Not As Briefed ............................................. $32.00
The Amazing Story of Deshazer .................. $10.00
Air to Air Warbirds ......................................$70.00
First Over Japan ......................................... $44.00
2003 Calendar ............................................. $25.00
Dateline: April 16-18, 2003
M-HOT: Military History On Tour
Located at the Fairfield’s Hilton Hotel and other 61st Doolittle Raider’s Reunion Events
vent planners for the 61st Doolittle Raider Reunion display, a glance through the MHOT guest book is also a movin April, have reserved MHOT’s calendar to augment ing experience. Visitor comments inspire laughter and tears.
events scheduled on Travis AFB, in Fairfield, and Vacaville. They generate pride in achievement, bravery, sacrifice, and
Vietnam veteran Steve Stopher and his wife Linda never heroism.
guessed that his hobby collecting military memorabilia would
Put a star on your calendars for 16-18 April. Come see why
evolve into a sought-after exhibit, requested by event planthe MHOT Guest Book includes the following entries:
ners far and wide.
Gut-wrenching and awesome! (Mohn Barnett)
Stopher maintains a guest book. During one week-long event
on base, the Travis AFB Base Commander estimated that 6,000 Simply magnificent! (Councilwoman Slade, Vacaville, CA)
had passed through the MHOT exhibit. Not everyone takes Outstanding leadership in the cause of Freedom. God Bless
time to enter a comment in the guest book, but that week, You! (BrigGen Thomas P. Kane, USAF)
4,600 new entrys were added! In addition to the items on Awe inspiring — heart wrenching. (Emi Loach)
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alute! Bravo! Applause! Thank You! Fairfield, CA
“If you approach each new person in a spirit of adventure,
you will find yourself endlessly fascinated
by the new channels of thought and experience
and personality that you encounter.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt
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alute! Bravo! Applause! Thank You! City of Suisun City
“Ask not what your country can do for you,
ask what you can do for your country.”
—President John Kennedy
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Fairfield Hilton Gala
Strike up the band for Fairfield
Thanks for the memories . . .
“Welcome the Doolittle Raiders”
down town parade
“Doolittle Raider’s Gala Dinner”
at the Hilton
Gala Evening
Thank you City of Fairfield
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Daily Republic
Westfield Shoppingtown, Solano
Fairfield Downtown Association
Hilton Hotel, Hilton staff &
manager, Kevin Johnson
Gala Sequence of Events
Dr. Gary Leiser, Master of Ceremonies
Welcome and Introductions
Doolittle Raider’s Arrive
Invocation
Musical Salute
Dining begins
C. V. Glines,
Doolittle Raider Historian
Doolittle Raiders’ Presentations
Presidents of the
Jimmy Doolittle Air
and Space Museum Foundations’
Cliff Robinson, Keynote Speaker
“Moonlight Swing Living-History
Big Band” Swings in the 40’s
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njoy Don Treco & the Moonlight Swing LivingHistory Big Band at the 61st Doolittle Raider’s
Gala Banquet on Friday April 18th at the Hilton
Garden Inn, in Fairfield, Calif, with celebrity guests,
dignitaries, the History Channel and more! All proceeds
benefit the Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum Foundation.
Treco and his Big Band will present themselves as a band
of the US Army Air Forces Training Command of WWII
in a dance program similar to those of the famous Glenn
Miller service swing band, with vocals by Larry Sikorski
& “The Air Crew-and-The Ground Crew,” Jeanne Silva
and Kristy Reed! Potentially, one of the last reunions of
the Doolittle Raiders, it will be a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Organized in 1996, by Don Treco and located near Sacramento California, Moonlight Swing Living-History
Big Band is a step backward into time. Not only are the
arrangements from the 30's and 40's, but the organization also strives for that vintage look through swing era
attire, vintage microphones, on-stage choreography and
arrangements taken directly from original 78s and VDiscs.
Contact them for booking information, availability, etc.
on line at www.moonlightswing.org.
Music and Dancing
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Cliff Robertson
Dateline: April 18, 2003, Hilton Hotel, Fairfield CA
Gala Evening features
Cliff Robertson,
Movie Star and Dedicated Aviator.
By Dr. David G Styles
ovie star Cliff Robertson was born in 1925 and has over one hundred motion
picture, television and stagecredits to his portfolio. He is an Oscar winner
(for his leading role in “Charly”, the 1968 story of a retarded adult who, after
experimental surgery, temporarily became a genius) and a number of his movies have
had a military flavour. In 1959, he played in “Battle of the Coral Sea”, which gives his
first tenuous link to the Doolittle Raiders, in that the carrier USS Hornet was sent to
that battle scene, but arrived too late to take part. The second link between Cliff Robertson
and the Doolittle Raiders is the 1976 movie: “Midway”, a battle in which Hornet played
a very active role. “PT109” was a particularly significant film to Mr Robertson, for he
was selected by the late President John F Kennedy to play his part in that story. His
most recent film was “Spiderman” just last year, but other military movies include:
“633 Squadron”, “The Pilot”, “Mach 2” and “Falcon Down”.
M
But that’s enough about motion pictures and Cliff Robertson, for there’s much more connected with
our interests here about this man. He is a dedicated aviator and experienced single and multi engined
aircraft pilot, as well as being a very competent glider pilot. To put that into perspective, he was
once interviewed and asked which gave him the biggest thrill –
winning an Emmy or an Oscar? His reply was: “Neither, it was
flying above 26,000 feet in a glider!”. This is not all. While he was
filming in Britain, starring in “633 Squadron”, the story of a fictitious Mosquito bomber squadron, he learned about a Spitfire fighter
which was for sale. It turned to be a very rare bird, in that it had
real combat history, having been involved in the 1944 D-Day
Normandy Landings. The aircraft was coded as Z-5J and its serial
number was MK923. Cliff Robertson bought the Spitfire and
brought it to the United States, where it has, for more than thirty
five years, been in the care of WW2 veteran Jerry Billing, who has
kept it in airworthy condition and flown it at every opportunity.
European aircraft seem to hold a fascination for Mr Robertson, for
he also owns a De Havilland 82a Tiger Moth primary trainer, for
which it took him ten years to gain a Certificate of Airworthiness
– how’s that for tenacity? Don’t let’s stop there, he has a German
Messerschmitt Bf108 Taifun, a Belgian Stampe SV4 aerobatic biplane and on the docile domestic front, a Beech Baron. He has
owned many other aircraft over the past thirty years and in 1986
was presented with the Freedom of Flight Award by the Experimental Aircraft Association. That’s the kind of dedication this man
has to the world of aviation.
Coming back to the world of entertainment, Cliff Robertson has
narrated many television documentaries, including Reach for the
Sky, a feature about the United States Air Force’s Thunderbirds demonstration team. He is also an
accomplished writer, producer and director of motion pictures. The much-acclaimed JW Coop was a
story he wrote, directed and produced, as well as being a production in which he starred. We are proud
to have him among us for this great event.
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Salute! Bravo! Applause! Thank You! Vacaville, CA • • • • •
“Every great and commanding moment
in the annals of the world
is the triumph of some enthusiasm.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Vacaville Honors the Doolittle Raiders
Meet some living legends . . .
the men who lifted American spirits
during the desperate days following Pearl Harbor…
Doolittle Raiders Barbecue/Flight Festival
April 17 • Nut Tree Airport, Vacaville, CA
It’s good ol’ fashion springtime family fun!
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Flight Festival
featuring vintage aircraft and vehicles,
Above L to R: Jimmy Doolittle Air and
Space Museum Education Foundation
President, Dave Fleming, watches as
Vacaville’s Flight Festival’s Air Boss,
Fred Lewis preps plane for his and
Doolittle Raider Dick Cole’s flight.
Dick is discussing this adventure with
Honorary Raider, Tom Casey.
Doolittle Raiders commemorative gift shop,
Military History on Tour display,
food and beverage vendors.
Admission to the Flight Festival is FREE.
12:00 pm–2pm
A once-in-a-lifetime gourmet
BBQ LUNCH
Dateline: April 17, 2003, 12 noon
with the Doolittle Raider’s, area dignitaries,
and entertainment, including the West Valley Chorale
and the Norte Dame Boy Choir.
Master of Ceremonies will be Dave Bender,
weather forecaster for KOVR, Sacramento’s Channel 13.
Raffle for a photograph with the Raiders (20 winners)
2:30 pm –3:30 pm
“Travis Tribute to the Doolittle Raiders,”
1940’s era concert
featuring
Travis AFB’s Band of the Golden West
18 piece Jazz Ensemble
— one of the finest of its kind on the West Coast!
Admission to the concert is FREE.
Master of Ceremonies
for Vacaville’s
Doolittle Raiders Gourmet BBQ
D
ave Bender of Sacramento’s KOVR 13 will be master
of ceremonies for Vacaville’s Doolittle Raiders Gourmet BBQ. He is a California native. He joins Paul
Joncich, Jennifer Whitney and John Henk each weekday on
KOVR 13 News at Five; KOVR 13 News at Six; and THE 10:00
News.
Prior to his television career, Dave was an animal trainer for the
San Diego Wild Animal Park. He worked with Birds of Prey,
Parrots and Cats. He even appeared twice on Late Night with
David Letterman with singing birds. These appearances sparked
an interest in television and the rest, as they say, is history.
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Salute! Bravo! Applause! Thank You! Vacaville, CA • • • • •
Dateline: April 17, 2003, Flight Festival, 2:30 pm
Wow! Thank you Team Vacaville
Thanks for the memories . . .
Doolittle Raider’s 61st Reunion
Flight Festival
Doolittle Raider’s BBQ
“Travis Tribute to the Doolittle Raider”
Concert
The City of Vacaville
The Vacaville City Council
All Bay Lumber
AT&T Media Services
Brotherhood of Vietnam Veterans
Caffe Baci
Courtyard by Marriott
Embry-Riddle Aero Univ.
BC Stocking
Chancellor’s Printing
Coca Cola
Downtown Vacaville B.I.D
Factory Outlet Stores
KUIC 95.3
Holiday Inn Express
Hometown Buffet
Nut Tree Airport
Outback Restaurant
Garland Porter
Grand Rental—Dixon
PIP—Vacaville
The Grapevine
The Printing Shop
The Reporter
The Marketplace Magazine
Travis Credit Union
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Zadnik Electric
“Travis Tribute
to the Doolittle Raiders”
1940’s Era Concert
Showcasing the
USAF Band of the Golden West
18 Piece Commanders Jazz Ensemble!
T
he Commanders jazz ensemble is the 18-piece big band
of the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West.
Under the direction of Technical Sergeant Tony Seres,
this ensemble is considered to be one of the finest of its kind
on the West Coast. Music ranging from the Big Band sound of
the '40s through the hard pounding jazz styles of today ensures an exciting concert that will rouse audiences of all musical tastes. Additionally, the improvisational talents of featured instrumental and vocal soloists add to an already creative and dynamic product.
An historic ensemble, the Commanders was established in
1959 as a component of the North American Air Defense
(NORAD) Command Band and then subsequently merged with
the Air Force Band of the Golden Gate in 1979 at Travis Air
Force Base, California. The group has extensively toured the
western United States, has appeared on numerous radio and
television shows, and has performed at the famed Carnegie
Hall in New York City. In addition to performing for millions
of listeners live, the Commanders Jazz Ensemble has been
heard by countless others over the airwaves via their abundant array of recordings. Marvin Stamm, Wilford Brimley, Bob
Hope, Gabe Baltazar, Walt Levinsky, and numerous other guest
artists have collaborated with the band over the years.
Admission to the concert is FREE.
Additional Thanks to:
Bay Area Women & Men’s Military Reenactment Soc
Veterans Assoc No CA Health Care Sys
Army Air Force Exchange
Pictorial Publishing Co
Commemorative Air Force
Pride Industries
Genentec Biotech
The Printing Shop
Fastening System Inc
The Raiders’ Association
Historic Aviation Publishers
Shiffer Publishing Co
Ken’s Pro Shop
Towe Museum
Michaels of Vacaville
Tower Hardware
Nancy’s Country Collec.
Solano Garbage
Norm’s Auto Tech
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Jimmy Doolittle
Air and Space
Museum Foundation
PO Box 1585 • Travis AFB, CA 94333 • (707) 424-5605 • Autovon 837–5606
Preserving
our aviation
heritage in
building a first
class museum at
Travis Air Force
Base which will
serve the
cultural,
educational, and
inspirational
needs of
our youth,
students, and
scholars of
Solano County,
the bay area,
and northern
California.
T
he Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Museum
Foundation, formally the Travis Air Museum
Historical Society, is the non-profit, economic
engine that drives the Travis Air Museum.
Currently the Foundation is the official host of the 61st
Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The Reunion has the twofold goal of honoring some of the best of “The Greatest
Generation” and building momentum for the construction of a new museum.
As the official host of the reunion, the Foundation is
responsible for the travel expenses and lodging of the
Raiders and many other expenses, which together may reach $50,000. We therefore
request your generous assistance in helping to defray the costs of this event and, indeed, turning it into a successful fund-raising effort for the new museum. In order to
defray these expenses, we encourage you to become a member of the Jimmy Doolittle
Air and Space Museum. We are grateful for membership contributions at any level.
By joining, you become a part of a large
group of patriotic people who are dedicated to furthering the objectives of the
Museum. You will receive our highly
respected and informative Jimmy Doolittle
Air and Space Museum NEWS magazine
throughout the year.
We encourage you to visit the Museum,
meet the volunteers and Museum staff,
and learn first hand about our ongoing
programs and projects.
Membership forms are available at the
Travis Air Museum, in the Travis Air
Museum NEWS, on line at
www.travis.af.mil/museum/or by calling
(707) 424-5605.
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MEMBERSHIP: JIMMY DOOLITTLE AIR & SPACE MUSEUM FOUNDATION
Mail this form and check to:
A membership in the
Jimmy Doolittle Air
& Space Museum
Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum Foundation
P.O. Box 1565
Travis AFB, CA 94535.
For further information phone: (707) 424-5605.
Foundation is
Date ____________
an excellent gift
Membership Form (Please print)
for birthdays,
Name ____________________________________________________ Membership # ________
Address _______________________________________________________
City _____________________________________ State ____ Amount Enclosed: __________
Zip _____________ Phone ________________
❐ New ❐ Renewal
holidays,
thank yous,
retirements or
memorials.
ANNUAL DUES AND MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES
Being a part of
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history is a gift
that keeps on
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$1,000.00 *Life patrons may make this total contribution in any amount over a
five consecutive calendar year period. Approved as tax deductible by
both United States IRS and California Franchise Tax Board.
Whether you can give an hour or a day, volunteers are needed in the Gift Shop and office; with the restoration and
maintenance crew and as a docent. All are part of the 61st Raider Reunion volunteer army. Please call 424–5605 for
more information. Thanks!
Raise a glass to the
pilots, crews and planes of
Jimmy Doolittle’s Raiders!
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salutes
The Doolittle Raiders
God Bless You
and
God Bless America
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