World War II
James H. Doolittle
Brigadier General · U.S. Army Air Forces
U.S. Army. Air Corps
Over Japan. · Place not recorded
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- Branch
- U.S. Army Air Forces
- Era
- World War II
- Home state
- California
- Action
- James H. Doolittle, Over Japan.
The citation
Official citation
For conspicuous leadership above the call of duty, involving personal valor and intrepidity at an extreme hazard to life. With the apparent certainty of being forced to land in enemy territory or to perish at sea, Gen. Doolittle personally led a squadron of Army bombers, manned by volunteer crews, in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland.