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FLASHBACK: Doolittle's Tokyo Raid

Honoring the 70th anniversary of Doolittle's Tokyo Raid in 2012, The Washington Times provides exclusive reunion multimedia coverage interviewing the last five surviving members of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: Tom Griffin, Ed Saylor, Dick Cole, Robert Hite and David Thatcher.

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Final toast to World War II's Doolittle Raiders: 'Peace'

A B-25 Mitchell bomber slowly moves down the tarmac before taking off from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on Wednesday to commemorate the attack by the Doolittle Raiders on Japan in 1942. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Doolittle Raiders lift spirits sky-high at commemoration

Then-Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle (center) is surrounded by airmen at an advanced air base in Tunisia on Jan. 28, 1943. Below them, a B-25 Mitchell bomber takes off from the USS Hornet's flight deck for the bombing mission over Japan on April 19, 1942. (Associated Press photos/Illustration by The Washington Times)

Five survivors of Doolittle Tokyo Raiders recall daring sortie

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