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A succession of sixteen miracles: Doolittle Raider recalls his B-25 takeoff from USS Hornet for the first US Air Strike on Japanese Home Islands
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A succession of sixteen miracles: Doolittle Raider recalls his B-25 takeoff from USS Hornet for the first US Air Strike on Japanese Home Islands

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