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OilemFirchen

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4. Crowds swarm AF museum as B-25s arrive to honor Doolittle Raiders

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 18, 2017, 09:24 AM

Apr 2017

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local-military/crowds-swarm-museum-25s-arrive-honor-doolittle-raiders/hlOwtpnoJxNxsviyYSmriI/

The sole surviving Raider, 101-year-old Richard E. Cole, a Dayton native and co-pilot to Doolittle, is expected to be at a Tuesday memorial ceremony at the museum to mark the historic anniversary.

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75 years ago today: Doolittle's Raiders bomb Tokyo [View all] Cooley Hurd Apr 2017 OP

My Dad (had me late in life) was too young to go WWII. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #1

I just saw that this was the anniversary in another online site. Here are some more links: mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2017 #2

I saw the B-1Bs were doing a flyby somewhere... Blue_Tires Apr 2017 #3

Crowds swarm AF museum as B-25s arrive to honor Doolittle Raiders OilemFirchen Apr 2017 #4

In Dayton, along with some B-25s. See the Dayton Daily News article in my post. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2017 #5

Great pics and info! Cooley Hurd Apr 2017 #7

K & R. n/t sl8 Apr 2017 #6

American heroes. LexVegas Apr 2017 #8

Kick! DashOneBravo Apr 2017 #9