While this is fascinating, can anyone enlighten me as to why this wouldn't
be OT?

Al Karman
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From: "Denys Beauchemin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 9:44 AM
Subject: [HP3000-L] 60th Anniversary


> Today marks the 60th Anniversary of the Doolittle raid over Tokyo, made
> famous by the book "30 Seconds over Tokyo" (1943) by Ted Lawson (pilot of
> Aircraft #7 "Ruptured Duck") and the 1944 movie of the same name with
> Spencer Tracy.  The recent movie "Pearl Harbor," recounted this event when
> 16 USAAF North-American B-25B "Mitchell" medium bombers launched from the
> aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) on a one-way mission to bomb the
Japanese
> home islands and continuing on to "land" in China.
>
> The following link has the complete history for those who are interested
in
> more information.
> http://history1900s.about.com/library/prm/bljimmydoolittle1.htm
>
> The Yorktown-class aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8), commissioned in
> October 1941, was in service for just about one year when she was heavily
> damaged and subsequently sank at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands near
> Guadalcanal, 27 October 1942.   An Essex-class aircraft carrier under
> construction at that time was renamed the Hornet (CV-12).  She was
launched
> on 30 August 1943 and after a very long and extraordinary career (from
WWII
> in the Pacific to recovery of Apollo 11 and 12), she is now on display in
> Alameda, CA.
>
> Denys
>
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