ST. LOUIS • Gen. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle curled a tight circle around Lambert Field in his trademark Billy Mitchell bomber and landed to hearty applause. A beaming Mayor Aloys P. Kaufmann greeted ...
In the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the United States faced the challenge of striking Japan from across the Pacific. Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle devised a daring plan to launch B-25 bombers from ...