In the aftermath of the devastating Pearl Harbor attack, the United States faced a dire need for hope and morale. In December 1941, a bold plan emerged: army bombers would take off from aircraft ...

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 ...

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — At 97, retired Lt. Col. Richard Cole can still fly and land a vintage B-25 with a wide grin and a wave out the cockpit window to amazed onlookers. David Thatcher, 91, ...

CINCINNATI – The 70th anniversary reunion of the 1942 Doolittle Tokyo Raid this week also commemorates the role of the Chinese people who not only welcomed the American Raiders as heroes but helped ...

World War II hero David "Davey" M. Jones - one of the famed Doolittle Tokyo Raiders - died Nov. 25, 2008, in Tucson at the age of 94. Jones, a University of Arizona alumnus, retired from the Air Force ...