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President Obama to sign bill honoring the Doolittle Raiders

By Oriana Pawlyk on May 23, 2014 Air Force, History, Uncategorized

A two-year effort to honor members of the famed Doolittle Raiders with the nation’s highest award for distinguished achievements will come full circle today, when President Obama signs the measure into law alongside retired Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, one of the four surviving members. The Congressional Gold Medal recognizes members of the Doolittle Raiders for their “outstanding heroism, valor, skill and service to the United States in conducting the bombings of Tokyo” during World War II. “I wish all of the Raiders were here to take part in the bill passing in the House and Senate,” Cole said in…

American Veterans Center honors Doolittle Raiders with accompanying toast

By Oriana Pawlyk on November 12, 2013 Air Force, Award, History, Photos, Veterans, Video, Washington

By Oriana Pawlyk and wire reports As three of the four remaining Doolittle Raiders honored one another with a toast Saturday, Nov. 9, veterans, active-duty members, family and friends toasted to the Raiders’ last gathering at the American Veterans Center annual awards gala in Washington, D.C. The 80 men who risked their lives on a World War II bombing mission on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor were honored in Ohio with a wreath laying ceremony and a B-25 flyover that morning, followed by the toast at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Hennessy donated 48 bottles…

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