The 18th OF April

[MIflyer]

Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere
The 18th of April in 75
There is scarcely a man left alive.

And for the 18th of April in 42, there are no men left alive from that raid, which was crewed by, in my high school teacher's words "Eighty Men and One Immortal."

 

[muskeg13]

It was the beginning of the end of the Japanese Empire.
https://www.8af.af.mil/News/Article...ion-set-the-foundation-for-todays-mighty-eig/
and Wiki has a nice write-up and newsreel video:
Doolittle Raid - Wikipedia
File:Doolittle Raid Over Tokyo.ogv - Wikipedia

View: https://youtu.be/M-uSs0AagBc

 

[SaparotRob]

Have you guys seen The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War podcast episode on the 'Raid? I think those guys did a great job. They also discussed the filming that produced those iconic images. Amusing too.

 

[glennasher]

Have you guys seen The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War podcast episode on the 'Raid? I think those guys did a great job. They also discussed the filming that produced those iconic images. Amusing too.

Since I discovered their podcast, I haven't missed many episodes at all. And I went back to watch the ones I DID miss earlier. Like any historians, they have their favorites and villains, but overall, they're pretty good. The ones I tend to miss are the archival episodes, which I find bore me too much. However, the Surigao Straits episodes and the Sibuyan Sea episodes are my favorites over. And I didn't even know I gave a rip about naval battles, but they made them riveting.
"We Have Ways of Making You Talk" is another good podcast, though those guys get maybe a little TOO wound up at times. Still a lot of fun, though.