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Target: Tokyo!(Jimmy Doolittle's World War II raid on Tokyo)
In the bleak early months of World War II, Japan looked invincible. But then Jimmy Doolittle led a daring raid on Tokyo that changed the course of the war.
The warm, shallow waters of the Gulf of Thailand lapped darkly at the shore of the Malay Peninsula. In the inky gloom, no moonlight danced on the sea's gentle swells. A cloudy sky saw to that. On shore, a few lights were visible, from towns and villages with names like Kota Bharu, Tak Baj, and Kampong. The residents there slept peacefully, not knowing that just offshore, hidden in the night, three Japanese transports crowded with troops were moving into position. More than 6,000 miles to the east, at Pearl ...
- Comeback. (US pacific theater of operations in World War Two) (Special Report:...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report December 2, 1991 700+ words
...Japan. The attack on Pearl Harbor [1 on map] was...docking facilities at Pearl Harbor as well, Japan left...by 16,000 GIs. Clark Field [4] was caught...surprise--a la Pearl Harbor and Clark Field. But the United...
- December 8, 1941: MacArthur's Pearl Harbor.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Air Power History Gates, Jim March 22, 2005 700+ words
...December 8, 1941: MacArthur's Pearl Harbor. By William H. Bartsch. College...just as easily been entitled, Clark Field: Case Closed. It is so meticulously...across the international dateline, Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7th...
- Monday, December 8, 1941, at Clark Field.
- Magazine article from: Air Power History STITT, AUSTIN W. September 22, 2000 700+ words
...the word that we were moving to Clark Field. I was to be the transportation...General Brereton came out to Clark Field sometime in late November, or...Hamilton Field general and the Pearl Harbor admiral had said. Brereton did...
- Pearl Harbor Survivors Project Marks End of Era; Honors Those Who Fought On.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 8, 2006 700+ words
...HONOLULU, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund today announced the launch of The Pearl Harbor Survivors Project, an initiative to...the critical role that the attack on Pearl Harbor played in America's history. The...
- Pearl Harbor: It Was More Than a Movie.(bibliography and information sources on...
- Magazine article from: National Defense Silbergeld, David LL. August 1, 2001 700+ words
...appropriate that Americans not forget Pearl Harbor. Criticism that Hollywood overdid it...in profile" from those that were in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, should be ignored...that December day. What happened at Pearl Harbor is worth further examination after you...
- Pearl Harbor survivors find new meaning for surprise attacks.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Burnes, Brian December 6, 2001 700+ words
...Cline witnessed 60 years ago Friday at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Even now, the Dec. 7...accompanied the Memorial Day release of "Pearl Harbor," the film based on the attack. After...told her to tell her children about Pearl Harbor," he said. Then, some survivors...
- Honor Pearl Harbor Survivors: Rebuild the Day That Lives in Infamy.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 17, 2006 700+ words
Friends and Family of Pearl Harbor Survivors Urged to Share Stories Online...Hawaii, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund is urging all friends and family of Pearl Harbor survivors to visit http://www.pearlharborstories...
- A Pearl Harbor buff keeps stories alive; Thanks to a Bloomington man's lifelong...
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Leslie, Lourdes Medrano July 4, 2001 700+ words
...Jim Johns figures his fascination with Pearl Harbor probably began with the poster of a...bombers and scrapbooks swollen with Pearl Harbor memorabilia. Johns, 66, has spent...investigations and conspiracy theories. The Pearl Harbor connection to Minnesota captivated Johns...
