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OSHKOSH, Wis. — America was still reeling from the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor when 16 B-25 bombers lifted off the deck of an aircraft carrier and figuratively poked Japan in the eye.
The Doolittle Raid that took the battle to the Japanese homeland for the first time in April 1942 was daring and audacious. All 80 crew members were volunteers — for them it was a one-way journey.
The last surviving Doolittle Raider, Richard Cole, came to EAA AirVenture on Wednesday as part of the 75th anniversary commemoration of the famed World War II raid. Cole received a standing ovation as he waved to a crowd in bleachers around a B-25 Mitchell bomber dubbed “Panchito.”