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The First Heroes : The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid--America's First World War II Victory
The First Heroes The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle RaidAmerica's First World War II Victory
Author: Craig Nelson
Immediately after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to restore the honor of the United States with a dramatic act of vengeance: a retaliatory bombing raid on Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, eighty brave young men, led by the famous daredevil Jimmy Doolittle, took off from a navy carrier in the mid-Pacific on what e...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780142003411
ISBN-10: 0142003417
Publication Date: 9/30/2003
Pages: 448
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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
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Follows the Raiders from training through their old age. An excellent account of both the difficulty of the mission and the high price war exacts.
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