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In this March 5, 2019, photo, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Dick Cole speaks with well-wishers following a ceremony at Hurlburt Field in Fort Walton Beach, Florida on marking the 75th anniversary of Operation Thursday. Retired Lt. Col. Richard &quot;Dick&quot; Cole, the last of the 80 Doolittle Tokyo Raiders who carried out the daring U.S. attack on Japan during World War II, has died at a military hospital in Texas. He was 103. A spokesman says Cole died Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. (Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP, File)

Doolittle Raiders’ Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole dies

By Jim Roberts

FILE - In this April 16, 2013 file photo, Doolittle Raider Lt. Col. Dick Cole, stands in front of a B-25 at the Destin Airport in Destin, Fla. before a flight as part of the Doolittle Raider 71st Anniversary Reunion. Retired Lt. Col. Richard &quot;Dick&quot; Cole, the last of the 80 Doolittle Tokyo Raiders who carried out the daring U.S. attack on Japan during World War II, has died at a military hospital in Texas. He was 103. A spokesman says Cole died Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. (Nick Tomecek/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP, File)

Richard Cole, last WWII Doolittle Raider, dies in Texas

By DIANA HEIDGERD and DAN SEWELL - Associated Press