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The First Heroes : The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid--America's First World War II Victory by Craig Nelson (2003, UK-B Format Paperback)

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Immediately after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to restore the honor of the United States with a dramatic act of vengeance: a retaliatory bombing raid on Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, eighty brave young men, led by the famous daredevil Jimmy Doolittle, took off from a navy carrier in the mid-Pacific on what everyone regarded as a suicide mission but instead became a resounding American victory and helped turn the tide of the war. The First Heroes is the story of that mission. Meticulously researched and based on interviews with twenty of the surviving Tokyo Raiders, this is a true account that almost defies belief, a tremendous human drama of great personal courage, and a powerful reminder that ordinary people, when faced with extraordinary circumstances, can rise to the challenge of history.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0142003417
ISBN-13
9780142003411
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2501182

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Book Title
First Heroes : the Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid--America's First World War II Victory
Author
Craig Nelson
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / Aviation, Military
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
464 Pages

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8.4in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz

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D767.25.T6
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Twelfth Grade
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"If you want to read one book to understand how a humbled America rose to defeat mighty Japan, you hold that book in your hands." (James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers), "If you want to read one book to understand how a humbled America rose to defeat mighty Japan, you hold that book in your hands." (James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers )
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by djh45258May 10, 2012
This book is proof that the Raiders were leaders of the greates generation.
I've read several books about the Doolittle Raiders. The First Heroes is near the top as far as I'm concerned. Fiction writers cannot begin to dream something up as crazy and ballzy as that mission was. Those 80 Raiders truly were our 1st heroes. Sadly, only 5 survive today. Great story. Very well done and one that needs to be told. Read the book. You won't believe it, but it's true.
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by science1534828Nov 21, 2016
A True Story that took place in W W 2.
For " Yes this is a true Story that took place in W W 2 " by an American Hero Doolittle Raid so get this at a good price when you can get 1 for it is a good read from beginning to end.
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