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Letter: Doolittle sure did a lot

By Austin Shotwell, Battle Ground
Published: April 8, 2022, 6:00am

Finally, someone stopped talking and took time to study our history: where The Doolittle Raiders in 16 B-25B Mitchell bombers, crew of five, launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, bombing military and industrial targets in Japan. The raid on Japan killed about 50 people and injured 400. Damage to Japanese military and industrial targets was minimal, but in the United States, it raised morale; in Japan, it raised fear and doubt about the ability of military leaders to defend the home islands.

This should have been done right after Russia started killing Ukraine’s citizens. How many would be alive today if someone, who did not need to be identified, would have taken a few old bombers stored around the United States and bombed Putin’s palace and locations he might be? Keep it up!

We need more heroes like Doolittle and his crew. I recall a lot of heroes in the first two wars. I assume we don’t have heroes anymore. What about that rich guy making millions off people that want to go into space? I would not call him a hero, but a money-taker. He could afford to buy high-altitude planes and crews to bomb Russia, and tell no one.

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