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English: James H. Doolittle wires Japanese (peace) medals to a bomb.

Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, USAAF
Wires a Japanese medal to a bomb, for "return" to its originators in the first U.S. air raid on the Japanese Home Islands, April 1942. Photographed on board USS Hornet (CV-8), shortly before LtCol. Doolittle's B-25 bombers were launched to attack Japan.

Photo #: NH 102457
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Source http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/misc-42/doolt-p.htm
Author U.S. Naval History & Heritage Command Photograph
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