361 “He should be named”: This is quoted in “Jimmy Did It,” Time, June 1, 1942, p. 17.
361 “Jimmy did it”: Ibid.
361 “This was a test”: “The Raid on Japan,” editorial, New York Times, May 20, 1942, p. 18.
361 “The bombing of Tokio”: “The Man from Nowhere,” editorial, Chicago Daily Tribune, May 21, 1942, p. 12.
362 “I’m pretty cocky”: “Jimmy Did It,” Time, June 1, 1942, p. 17.
362 “Yippee!”: Ibid.
362 “I think you should have gone”: Mrs. T. J. Dykema to Franklin Roosevelt, May 29, 1942, OF 5510, FDRL.
362 “Give us more Doolittles”: James N. Jordan to Franklin Roosevelt, May 29, 1942, ibid.
362 “We only know”: Marty Moore to James Doolittle, May 21, 1942, Box 64, Series IX, DPUT.
362 “It is glorious news”: Herb Maxson to Joe Doolittle, May 19, 1942, ibid.
362 “So your Jimmie”: Maude T. Howell to Joe Doolittle, May 21, 1942, ibid.
362 “Among the scores”: Mrs. Archie R. Potter to Joe Doolittle, May 25, 1942, ibid.
362 “I hated to dump”: William Halsey to James Doolittle, April 24, 1942, in “Official Papers of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King” (Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1991), Microfilm Roll #2.
362 “You have struck”: Ibid.
363 “Congratulations, you dog!”: Roscoe Turner telegram to James Doolittle, in Doolittle, I Could Never Be So Lucky Again, p. 292.
363 “The day the bombs fell”: Roscoe Turner to Joe Doolittle, June 2, 1942, Box 64, Series IX, DPUT.
363 Doolittle sat down: This scene is based on a review of all the letters Doolittle sent to the families of the raiders in May 1942, which are on file with his papers at the LOC. Only those I quote from are cited below.
363 “I am pleased to report”: J. H. Doolittle to Mrs. Fred Cole, May 20, 1942, Box 21, DPLOC.
364 “Under separate cover”: J. H. Doolittle to Virginia Hilger, May 20, 1942, ibid.
364 “It is with the deepest regret”: J. H. Doolittle to Mr. Edward Ginkle, May 21, 1942, ibid.
364 “The latest news”: J. H. Doolittle to Jessie Farrow, May 22, 1942, ibid.
365 “I am extremely sorry”: J. H. Doolittle to Ollie D. Hallmark, May 21, 1942, ibid.
365 “All of the plane’s crew”: J. H. Doolittle to Mrs. Joseph H. Thatcher, May 21, 1942, ibid.
365 “I doubt if the rules”: H. D. Watson to Ray Tucker, Nov. 2, 1942, Box 22, DPLOC.
365 “I can’t express in words”: Thelma Bourgeois to James Doolittle, May 27, 1942, ibid.
365 “I am hoping to get married”: Virginia Harmon to James Doolittle, May 30, 1942, ibid.
366 “Robert is mighty proud”: Marvin and Della Gray to James Doolittle, June 4, 1942, ibid.
366 “Your leadership inspired”: Florence Fisk White telegram to James Doolittle, June 28, 1942, ibid.
366 “My heart grieves”: Mrs. Floyd Nielsen to Franklin Roosevelt, June 1, 1942, ibid.
366 “I just pray God”: Mrs. R. P. Hite to James Doolittle, May 27, 1942, ibid.
366 “Your kindness”: J. H. Doolittle to Mrs. J. T. Dieter, July 3, 1942, ibid.
367 “If it is His purpose”: Jessie Farrow to James Doolittle, May 24, 1942, ibid.
367 “To All Officers and Men: J. H. Doolittle to All Officers and Men with me at Shangri-La, June 15, 1942, Box 23, DPLOC.
367 “You will grant”: Ibid.
367 Army Air Forces officials initially: Sherman Atlick to A. D. Surles, Reception for General Doolittle Crewmen, June 15, 1942, ibid.
367 More than two dozen raiders: Peters, “Japan Bombed with 20-Cent Sight,” p. 1.
367 “These officers and enlisted men”: Citation for Distinguished Flying Cross, undated but with handwritten notes about presentation, Box 22, DPLOC; Scott Hart, “Airmen Tell Reactions in Daring Raid,” Washington Post, June 28, 1942, p. 1.
368 “Don’t cry, honey”: “Tokyo Raiders’ Wives Thrilled,” Los Angeles Times, June 28, 1942, p. 5.
368 “When I heard”: Ibid.
368 “Something like a picnic”: Hart, “Airmen Tell Reactions in Daring Raid,” p. 1.
368 “No information should”: Edgar F. G. Swasey to Major Weeks, Security Policy in Connection with the Handling of Publicity on Returning Tokyo Bombers, June 12, 1942, Box 1, Series XI, DTRAP.
368 “You fellows use”: H. H. Arnold to Colonels Cabell and Norstad, May 18, 1942, “Additional Bombing Raids over Japan,” Microfilm Roll #201, HHAP.
368 He recommended that Hilger: J. H. Doolittle letters to Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Distinguished Service Crosses, or Distinguished Service Medals, May 19, 1942 (this citation includes four letters, one each for Hilger, Greening, Hoover, and Jones), Box 22, DPLOC.
368 The Army ultimately: J. A. Ulio letters to James H. Doolittle, July 6, 1942 (this citation includes four letters, one each for Hilger, Greening, Hoover, and Jones), Box 22, DPLOC; Max B. Boyd letters to David J. Thatcher, T. R. White, and Dean Davenport, July 1, 1942, ibid.
369 “Beyond the limits”: “For Public Relations Branch: When, As, and If War Department Thinks Proper,” June 12, 1942.
369 Doolittle likewise recommended: J. H. Doolittle to Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Promotions, May 19, 1942, and J. H. Doolittle to Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Promotions, May 20, 1942, both in Box 23, DPLOC.
369 “The crew of the airplane”: J. H. Doolittle to Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Promotions, May 19, 1942, ibid.
369 The plane carrying Ted Lawson: This scene is based on Lawson, Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, pp. 167–72.
369 “I tried to stand up”: Ibid., p. 168.
369 “How about the family situation”: This exchange is ibid., pp. 168–69.
370 “Well, what do you think”: Roger H. Aylworth, “No Secrets: Chico Pilot’s Wife Knew about 1942 Doolittle Raid,” Enterprise Record, April 14, 2002, p. 1.
370 “He is in good health”: James Doolittle to Ellen Lawson, June 17, 1942, Box 22, DPLOC.
370 “I’m glad to know”: Lawson, Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, p. 170.
370 “I jumped up”: Ibid., p. 172.
371 “He’s still got some of that beach”: Ibid., p. 173.
371 McClure likewise: Charles L. McClure as told to William Shinnick, “How We Bombed Tokio: Heroic Odyssey Ended,” Chicago Daily Tribune, May 6, 1943, p. 7; “Lt. C.L. McClure, Doolittle Tokyo Flier, Weds Miss Jean Buchanan after Hospital Romance,” New York Times, Feb. 2, 1943, p. 24.
371 chief of the Army: “6 Army Fliers Decorated,” New York Times, July 7, 1942, p. 5.
371 “were injured in an airplane crash”: “3 Raiders of Tokyo Get Chinese Honor,” New York Times, July 26, 1942, p. 9.
371 “You have exploded the myth”: Ibid.
371 shipping a box of cigars: “File Gen. Doolittle under ‘Gifts’ with cross-file on J. H. Patton,” Aug. 30, 1942, with Parachute Inspection and Drop Test Card, Box 21, DPLOC.
371 He requested that: J. H. Doolittle to Officers and Men Who Raided Japan and Are Now in U.S., Request for Information Regarding Chinese Who Gave You Assistance, July 30, 1942, Box 22, DPLOC.
371 Harold Watson suggested: Harold F. Watson, undated statement, and David J. Thatcher to J. H. Doolittle, Aug. 12, 1942, both ibid.
371 “Neither man would take”: Thomas R. White statement in Charles W. Glanz to Assistant Chief of Staff, A-1, Dec. 3, 1942, “Recommendations for Decoration of Chinese Nationals Who Aided Special Project No. 1,” ibid.
372 Pilot Bill Bower: H. W. Maxson to William Bower, July 24, 1942, ibid.
372 navigator Tom Griffin: F. M. Young to James H. Doolittle, July 23, 1942, ibid.
372 Pilots Griffith Williams and Ken Reddy: Steadham Acker to Henry H. Arnold, Aug. 10, 1942, ibid.
372 engineer Jacob Eierman on his tour: Alex Smith to James H. Doolittle, Aug. 3, 1942, ibid.
372 “Even though Ross”: Will J. Conner to J. H. Doolittle, July 21, 1942, ibid.
> 372 “Jap planes couldn’t”: “Doolittle Praises Men Who Built Wright Engines,” Wall Street Journal, May 23, 1942, p. 4.
372 “Through those radios”: James H. Doolittle telegram to the Employees of Western Electric Co., May 21, 1942, Box 22, DPLOC.
372 Doolittle stopped by: “Doolittle Reveals Shangri-La Location,” Reading Eagle, June 2, 1942, p. 20; “Doolittle Hails B-25,” New York Times, June 2, 1942, p. 2.
372 “Don’t tell a soul”: James Doolittle, transcript of speech, June 1, 1942, Box 23, DPLOC.
372 “He not only made”: J. H. Kindelberger to Mrs. J. H. Doolittle, June 4, 1942, Box 64, Series IX, DPUT.
373 a mission so dramatic: Howard Hawks to H. H. Arnold, March 22, 1943, and Jack L. Warner to H. H. Arnold, April 23, 1943, both on Microfilm Roll #165, HHAP.
373 “the plain, honest American face”: “The Man from Nowhere,” editorial, Chicago Daily Tribune, May 21, 1942, p. 12.
373 The Rotary Club: J. H. Doolittle to Louis L. Roth, March 15, 1943, Box 19, DPLOC.
373 San Diego Consistory: James K. Remick to Josephine Doolittle, July 30, 1943, and J. H. Doolittle to James K. Remick, Aug. 31, 1943, both ibid.
373 The Dayton district commissioner: Al Kolleda to James Doolittle, Nov. 6, 1943, and James Doolittle to Al Kolleda, Dec. 3, 1943, both ibid.
373 Fan mail arrived: Samples of the mail Doolittle received are on file in Box 19 of his papers at the Library of Congress and in Box 64, Series IX, of his papers at the University of Texas.
373 An Oklahoma woman: Mrs. Homer L. Piper to James Doolittle, Oct. 11, 1943, Box 2, Series I, DPUT.
373 Total strangers wrote: John Mitseff to James Doolittle, Aug. 19, 1943, with “The World Will Be Free,” Box 19, DPLOC.
373 “There is a man”: Patsy Browning, May 1942, untitled poem, Box 3, Series VII, DPUT.
373 “Doolittle did plenty”: Tony Mele, undated poem, Box 19, DPLOC.
374 “My son gets in a fight”: Everett Hastings to James Doolittle, June 28, 1943, ibid.
374 Doolittle’s fame grew so much: George A. Schneider to James Doolittle, Sept. 18, 1943, ibid.
374 A newly incorporated: “Doolittle Honors General Doolittle,” Windsor Daily Star, Oct. 12, 1946, p. 2.
374 “We may not be big”: James Doolittle, transcript of speech, Oct. 11, 1946, Box 7, Series IV, DPUT.
374 “I deeply appreciate”: Ibid.
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375 “One cannot imagine”: Louis Bereswill to sister and niece, Jan. 29, 1943, Box 1, Louis Bereswill Personnel Files, DeAndreis-Rosati Memorial Archives (DRMA), Special Collections and Archives Department, DePaul University Library, Chicago, Ill.
375 Japanese leaders fumed: Headquarters, USAFFE and Eighth U.S. Army (Rear), “Army Operations in China: December 1941–December 1943,” Japanese Monograph #71, pp. 78–127.
375 “The primary mission”: Ibid., p. 85.
376 “The captured areas”: Ibid., p. 86.
376 “When the Japs come”: “Fr. Vandenberg, C.M., Tells Story of Journey,” De Andrein 13, no. 7 (April 1943): 3.
376 American priest: “Priest Here Saw Japs Ravage, Burn, Kill after Doolittle’s Raid,” Milwaukee Journal, May 26, 1943, p. 1L; “The March of Time,” May 27, 1943, NBC, recorded from the broadcast of KDKA, Pittsburgh, J. David Goldin Collection; Affidavit of Wendelin Dunker, Dec. 1, 1966, Box 2, Vincentian Foreign Mission Society Files, DRMA.
376 “They came to us on foot”: “The March of Time,” May 27, 1943.
376 The arrival of the raiders: “Priest Here Saw Japs Ravage, Burn, Kill after Doolittle’s Raid,” p. 1L; “The March of Time,” May 27, 1943; Wendelin J. Dunker, “The Life of Wendelin Joseph Dunker, C.M. and the Continuation of Life Experiences While Stationed in China,” unpublished memoir, pp. 21–22; “Fr. Vandenberg, C.M., Tells Story of Journey,” p. 3.
377 “Where are the Americans?”: “Priest Here Saw Japs Ravage, Burn, Kill after Doolittle’s Raid,” p. 1L.
377 “Come on!”: “The March of Time,” May 27, 1943.
377 “It was a mad screaming”: Ibid.
377 “Ihwang was in the mountains”: Dunker, “The Life of Wendelin Joseph Dunker,” p. 21.
378 “The Japs are here”: Ibid., p. 24.
378 “Was out the back gate”: Wendelin Dunker to parents, Aug. 18, 1942, Box 2, Wendelin Dunker Personnel Files, DRMA.
378 “We thought we were fast”: Ibid.
378 “Believe me”: Wendelin Dunker to John O’Shea, July 23, 1942, Box 1a, Wendelin Dunker Personnel Files, DRMA.
378 “Bullets whistled over”: “The March of Time,” May 27, 1943.
378 “When we stopped”: Wendelin Dunker to John O’Shea, July 23, 1942.
378 “The more I thought”: Dunker, “The Life of Wendelin Joseph Dunker,” p. 27.
378 “The Lord was with us”: Wendelin Dunker to John O’Shea, July 23, 1942.
378 “When I entered”: Dunker, “The Life of Wendelin Joseph Dunker,” p. 28.
379 “in body if not in mind”: Wendelin Dunker to John O’Shea, July 23, 1942.
379 “I had to ride”: Wendelin Dunker to parents, Aug. 18, 1942.
379 “It was half way up”: Dunker, “The Life of Wendelin Joseph Dunker,” p. 30.
379 “We found a package”: “Bishop Tells of Jap Torture in Wake of Doolittle Raid,” Chicago Sun, Sept. 26, 1943, in Box 1, Charles Quinn Personnel Files, DRMA.
380 “With haste we moved”: William C. Stein photo commentary, May 3, 1995, Box 1, William Stein Personnel Files, DRMA.
380 “Bill, what are we to do?”: Ibid.
380 “Under the tutorage”: Ibid.
380 “All of us lost”: Ibid.
380 “What a scene”: Dunker, “The Life of Wendelin Joseph Dunker,” pp. 32–33.
381 “They shot any man”: Ibid., pp. 31–32.
381 “Things were dumped”: Wendelin Dunker to John O’Shea, July 23, 1942.
381 “If you are unfortunate”: Ibid.
381 “The sight”: “Bishop Tells of Jap Torture in Wake of Doolittle Raid.”
381 “Death came in horrible”: Clancy M’Quigg, “Japs Execute 250,000 Chinese over Tokyo Raid,” Chicago Herald-American, in Box 1, Vincent Smith Personnel Files, DRMA.
381 “Jap soldiers”: William Charles Quinn, “Bishop Tells More Japanese Atrocities,” Chicago Herald-American, in Box 1, Charles Quinn Personnel Files, DRMA.
382 Quinn returned: William C. Quinn, “Damage in the Vicariate of Yukiang during the Japanese Occupation in 1942,” March 31, 1947, Box 2, Vincentian Foreign Mission Society Files, DRMA; Affidavit of Wendelin Dunker, Dec. 1, 1966, ibid.; Hazel MacDonald, “China Bishop Here Tells Jap Horrors,” Chicago Times, Sept. 26, 1943, in Box 1, Charles Quinn Personnel Files, DRMA.
382 “In a pond”: M’Quigg, “Japs Execute 250,000 Chinese over Tokyo Raid.”
382 The Japanese had bayoneted: MacDonald, “China Bishop Here Tells Jap Horrors.”
382 “human candles”: Charles L. Meeus, “‘God Will Punish Them’: Aftermath of Doolittle’s Tokio Raid—II,” China at War 12, no. 3 (March 1944): 33.
382 “The total number”: Quinn, “Damage in the Vicariate of Yukiang during the Japanese Occupation in 1942.”
382 The walled city of Nancheng: “Japan’s Chekiang-Kiangsi Campaign in 1942, as Reported in the Chinese Press,” Sept. 6, 1943, Box 495, RG 226, Office of Strategic Services, Intelligence Reports, 1941–45, NARA.
382 “the Rape of Nancheng”: Frederick A. McGuire, “Fire and Sword in Eastern Kiangsi: Aftermath of Doolittle’s Tokyo Raid—I,” China at War 12, no. 2 (Feb. 1944): 27.
382 “For one month”: Ibid., p. 28.
382 At the end: Charles H. Corbett, “A Case Study in Japanese Devastation: Chekiang and Kiangsi in August, 1942,” Sept. 1943, United States Preparatory Studies on United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Box 960, RG 169, Records of the Economic Intelligence Division, NARA; “Japan’s Chekiang-Kiangsi Campaign in 1942, as Reported in the Chin
ese Press,” Sept. 6, 1943; McGuire, “Fire and Sword in Eastern Kiangsi,” pp. 27–29; Wilfred G. Burchett, Democracy with a Tommygun (Melbourne, Australia: F. W. Cheshire, 1946), pp. 66–67.
383 “Broken doors”: “Japan’s Chekiang-Kiangsi Campaign in 1942, as Reported in the Chinese Press,” Sept. 6, 1943.
383 “bloody spear”: Chennault, Way of a Fighter, p. 169.
383 Enemy forces looted: “Japan’s Chekiang-Kiangsi Campaign in 1942, as Reported in the Chinese Press,” Sept. 6, 1943; Corbett, “A Case Study in Japanese Devastation”; Burchett, Democracy with a Tommygun, pp. 63–64; Chennault, Way of a Fighter, p. 169.
383 “The thoroughness”: “Japanese Invasion of China: Reminiscences,” Box 1, China and Taiwan Missions Files, DRMA.
383 “Like a swarm”: Dunker, “The Life of Wendelin Joseph Dunker,” p. 32.
383 Outside of this punitive: “Japan’s Chekiang-Kiangsi Campaign in 1942, as Reported in the Chinese Press,” Sept. 6, 1943.
383 In Yintang: Meeus, “‘God Will Punish Them,’” p. 32.
383 “They killed”: Charles L. Meeus, “A Bridge between Free Peoples,” Reader’s Digest, May 1944, back cover.
383 In the town of Kweiyee: Meeus, “‘God Will Punish Them,’” pp. 32–33.
384 “I cannot tell”: M’Quigg, “Japs Execute 250,000 Chinese over Tokyo Raid.”
384 “The whole countryside”: “Japanese Vengeance Described by Priest,” New York Times, May 26, 1943, p. 3.
384 Troops beat and starved: MacDonald, “China Bishop Here Tells Jap Horrors”; “Two Friends from Orient Meet in Chicago,” New World, Oct. 1, 1943, in Box 1, Charles Quinn Personnel Files, DRMA.
384 “You want to go”: “Two Friends from Orient Meet in Chicago.”
384 The Japanese looted: Quinn, “Damage in the Vicariate of Yukiang during the Japanese Occupation in 1942.”
384 “Christ is defeated”: Meeus, “‘God Will Punish Them,’” p. 33.
384 “It was a fearful sight”: “The March of Time,” May 27, 1943.
384 “bullet contest”: Meeus, “‘God Will Punish Them,’” p. 31.
384 The Japanese found: Ibid.
384 “Little did”: Ibid.
385 The Japanese flew: Corbett, “A Case Study in Japanese Devastation.”
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