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Doolittle's raiders

Retired Col. Dick Cole, now 90 years old, was one of 80 men, led by then-Lt. Col. James Doolittle, to volunteer on April 18, 1942, when 16 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers set out to bomb mainland Japan. The mission was the first American strike on the Japanese mainland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brian Ferguson)

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