Caption:
Lt. Gen. Doolittle, standing beside an airplane, circa 1944-45. James Doolittle (1896 - 1993) was an important American military general who was awarded the Medal of Honor as commander of the Doolittle Raid, a long-range retaliatory air raid on the Japanese main islands. The raid was a major morale booster for the US and Doolittle was celebrated as a hero. US Army Signal Corps (cropped and cleaned).