Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor

by Scott, James M.

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  ILLUSTRATIONS

  Flames engulf American planes at the naval air station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. (NATIONAL ARCHIVES)

  American troops scan the skies for enemy attackers as the battleship California burns during the attack on Pearl Harbor. (NATIONAL ARCHIVES)

  Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the attack on Pearl Harbor, had studied at Harvard and understood American resilience. His number one fear was an American strike against Tokyo, the home of the emperor. (NATIONAL ARCHIVES)