April 19, 2019 Final Doolittle Raider’s tradition of honor, legacy of valor celebrated at memorial The tradition of honor and legacy of valor that defined the life of retired Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” E. Cole were celebrated during a memorial service at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, April 18.
April 19, 2017 Wright-Patterson, NMUSAF pay tribute to Doolittle Raid 75th anniversary Friends, family and fans from around the country came together to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Doolittle Tokyo Raid April 17-18, 2017, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The April 18, 1942, Doolittle Raid on Tokyo was an
April 19, 2017 Rechristening honors Doolittle Raiders’ 75th anniversary The 75th anniversary of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders was commemorated April 17, 2017, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as a B-1 Lancer bomber from Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, was rechristened the “Ruptured Duck”. New nose art was also unveiled on the B-1 in tribute to a B-25 Mitchell bomber flown
June 27, 2016 Montana's last Doolittle Raider honored Seventy-four years after the historic Doolittle Tokyo Raid, Staff Sgt. David J. Thatcher, one of two remaining Doolittle Raiders, was laid to rest at the age of 94 on June 27, 2016, in Missoula, Montana.