| Author: | Glines, Carrol V. |
| Title: | The Doolittle Raid |
| Cover: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: |
258 |
| Synopsis: | April
1942. The miliary high command, at President Roosevelt's urging, prepared
a bold and daring plan for a devastating carrier-launched raid against the
Japanese home islands. Nobody really believed the assault could succeed.
Never before has the B-25 bomber flown from a carrier deck. The air crew
would be forced to land on the war-torn Chinese mainland. And the Japanese
fishing boats had spotted the task force, forewarning home island
defense.
It was one of the wildest gambles of the war. And the best known risk-taker in the US Air Force, Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, was in charge. Based on personal interviews with the surviving raiders, this dramatic account captures the harrowing ordeal of eighty brave men - and how a triumphant 36-hour mission became a desperate three-year struggle for victory. |
| Genre: | Non Fiction |
| ID Number: |
113 |