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Title: Doolittle Raiders Final Toast: Live @ 1800 ET, Saturday 09Nov13
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U.S. Air Force
URL Source: http://www.af.mil/live.aspx
Published: Nov 9, 2013
Author: U.S. Air Force
Post Date: 2013-11-09 14:31:33 by X-15
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Live at 1800 ET today, or 6:00 PM Eastern Time at the link above. On April 18, 1942, 80 men flew the B-25 on a top secret mission to bomb strategic locations throughout Japan. These brave men would later be known as the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders. On November 9 at 6 p.m. EST in Dayton, Ohio, the surviving four raiders will toast their fallen comrades one last time at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. 
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#1. To: X-15 (#0)
This event will be held at Wright-Patterson Air Force base in Ohio. These brave men flew B-25s from carrier deck in the Pacific Ocean to bring the war to the home of the Japanese. God bless them all. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Volunteers, one and all.
Nice ceremony, I enjoyed the historian, Col. Glines, reading the roster of the flight crews for the conclusion of the mission that began back in 1942. Great story about the original bottle of 1896-vintage Hennessy cognac. First time it's been seen since 1956, when it was presented to General Doolittle for his 60th birthday. I wonder what will happened to the rest of the bottle of Hennessy?? ////////////////////////////////////////////// The broadcast is being repeated right now for those who missed it. On November 9 at 6 p.m. EST in Dayton, Ohio, the surviving four raiders will toast their fallen comrades one last time at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
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