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Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor

by James M Scott

On April 18, 1942, sixteen U.S. Army bombers under the command of daredevil pilot Jimmy Doolittle lifted off from the deck of the USS Hornet on a one-way mission to pummel Japan’s factories, refineries, and dockyards in retaliation for their attack on Pearl Harbor. The raid buoyed America’s morale, and prompted an ill-fated Japanese attempt to seize Midway t

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Publication date

Apr 04, 2016

Format

Print edition

Pages

672

ISBN

9780393352276