DOOLITTLE'S 1922 RECORD FLIGHT MEMORIAL MARKER ORIGINAL
Medal of Honor citation:
Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Army Air Corps
Place and date: Over Japan
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.
SEE ALSO-DOOLITTLE'S 1922 RECORD FLIGHT MEMORIAL MARKER RESTORED
Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Army Air Corps
Place and date: Over Japan
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.
SEE ALSO-DOOLITTLE'S 1922 RECORD FLIGHT MEMORIAL MARKER RESTORED
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Listing Details
- Public
- WORLD WAR II
- War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers
- 1980
- BEACH BOULEVARD AND N. 5TH STREET
- 32250
- MIKE STROUD
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