It was America's fifth month in World War II, and the news everywhere was bad. Germany ruled Europe, and Japan was on the march in the Pacific. Reeling from a string of defeats, America needed a quick ...

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ALAMEDA, Calif.ALAMEDA, Calif. — Three of Doolittle’s Raiders who helped boost American morale during the early days of World War II recalled the dangers of their bold bombing attack on Japan mainland ...

Some eight decades after 16 bombers left the U.S. for a brazen bombing raid on Tokyo following the attack on Pearl Harbor, a small piece of wreckage from the squadron that became known as the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” Cole, age 101, spoke on the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor Another December 7 has come and gone ...

As Alec Baldwin prepared to play Jimmy Doolittle in the movie “Pearl Harbor,” the script depicted the aviator as a foul-mouthed commander. There was just one problem with that portrayal, written in ...

On April 18, 1942, in response to the Japanese attack the previous December on Pearl Harbor, 80 men in 16 B-25 bombers took off on a secret mission to bomb Japan. Led by James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, ...

On April 18, 1942, in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor, 80 men, in 16 B-25 bombers, took off on a secret mission to bomb Japan. Led by James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, they became known as the ...