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Showing posts with label Doolittle's Raid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Doolittle's Raid. Show all posts
Thursday, April 18, 2019
The Doolittle Raid, April 18, 1942
From the April 18, 2019, Springfield (Ohio) New-Sun.
The attack was a psychological blow to the Japanese, who moved four fighter groups and recalled top officers from other combat areas in order to guard Japan from another American bomber attack.
Two months after the Raid, Jimmy Doolittle received the Congressional Medal of Honor from FDR. Richard Cole received a Distinguished Flying Cross.
After the war, the Doolittle Raiders decided to meet every year until only two remained . That happened in 2013 and Richard Cole and the other one uncorked a bottle of vintage cognac from 1896, the year of Jimmy Doolittle's birth., for a final toast. This bottle and the goblets they used can be found at the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio.
Today, we are saying our final goodbye to the last Doolittle Raider.
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Richard E. Cole, the Last Doolittle Raider, Dies
From Wikipedia.
A sad thing as a big piece of American history passed away with him. But we won't forget.
RICHARD EUGENE COLE
(September 7, 1915 - April 9, 2019)
A career military officer in the U.S. Air Force (and Army Air Corps before that). He was one of the 80 airmen who took part in the famed Doolittle Raid on Japan on April 18, 1942. (He died just nine days before the 77th anniversary of the raid.) In it he served as co-pilot to Jimmy Doolittle in the lead airplane. (They had the least amount of deck from which to take off that day.)
He eventually reached the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Cole remained in China after the raid until June 1943 and served again in the dangerous China Burma India Theater from October 1943 to June 1944. He later served as U.S. Operations Advisor to the Venezuelan Air Force from 1959-1962 before retiring in 1966.
In 2016, he became the last living Doolittle Raider.
A Hero Among heroes.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Richard Cole, Last WW II Doolittle Raider Dies at 103
From the April 9, 2019, Chicago Tribune.
Retired Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" Cole, the last of the 80 Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, who carried out the daring U.S. attack on Japan during World War II, has died at a military hospital in Texas. He was 103.
A spokesman says Cole died Tuesday at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, but gave no additional details.
The Greatest of the Greatest Generation.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Last Weekend
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH:
Breakfast at K.C.'s Cabin, later met Usual Suspects at Dirty Rooster on Grasslake.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH:
238th Marine Corps Birthday Breakfast and Toys for Tots Kickoff in Fox Lake. Raked pine straw into pine islands and cut the grass for hopefully the final time.
Watched the Doolittle Raiders Final Toast, then went to Route 12 Bar and Grill on US-12 to congratulate Shaun and Virginia on their second anniversary and had their great burgers and saw a solo musician play for two sets.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH--
Finally good enough weather to do the burn pile. Then met the Usual Suspects at Squaw Bar for Da Bears game. Da Coach should have taken Da Cutler out in the 3rd quarter. Another hateful loss to the dirty Lions.
Fire on the Strand (bonfire) after I came home.
Again, Good Times in the Area. --RoadDog
Monday, April 18, 2011
JSIS: Delayed Tax Day-- Listen My Children-- Doolittle's Raiders
JSIS-- Just Some Inetresting Stuff. A bit of history.
1. DELAYED TAX DAY-- The reason we didn't have to pay taxes April 15th, dates from the Civil War, when slaves in Washington, DC, were freed April 15, 1862 (a year after the war began), and ever since has been a district holiday.
Just in case you were wondering.
2. LISTEN MY CHILDREN-- Today marks the 236th anniversary of Mr. Revere's midnight to warn that the gas prices were rising!! Er, British were coming. Of course, the next day was the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" at Lexington.
"And you shall hear of the midnight ride of...."
3. DOOLITTLE'S RAIDERS-- Today is the 69th anniversary of one of the bravest efforts during World War II, when 80 men in 16 B-25 bombers took off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet and dropped bombs on Japan, just five months after Pearl Harbor.
The five survivors met in Nebraska last weekend for their annual reunion.
Brave Men, All. --RoadDog
STUPID QUESTIONS: Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?
1. DELAYED TAX DAY-- The reason we didn't have to pay taxes April 15th, dates from the Civil War, when slaves in Washington, DC, were freed April 15, 1862 (a year after the war began), and ever since has been a district holiday.
Just in case you were wondering.
2. LISTEN MY CHILDREN-- Today marks the 236th anniversary of Mr. Revere's midnight to warn that the gas prices were rising!! Er, British were coming. Of course, the next day was the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" at Lexington.
"And you shall hear of the midnight ride of...."
3. DOOLITTLE'S RAIDERS-- Today is the 69th anniversary of one of the bravest efforts during World War II, when 80 men in 16 B-25 bombers took off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet and dropped bombs on Japan, just five months after Pearl Harbor.
The five survivors met in Nebraska last weekend for their annual reunion.
Brave Men, All. --RoadDog
STUPID QUESTIONS: Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?
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