Jimmy Doolittle
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"James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle" was an American List of aviation pioneers/aviation pioneer. Doolittle served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor and leadership as commander of the Doolittle Raid while a Lieutenant Colonel.

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We've kept on top of it, ... We knew with storm after storm coming in the Gulf that a bad one was coming. We just didn't know how bad.

If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to so so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.

It would have been impossible to evacuate out of town. My grandparents both have health problems, and, financially, they had nowhere to go.

I know you wrote a book on the raids, ... You know that's a federal offense, but you did a good job. I like you very much. You're one of my best gunners. Give me the book, and I'll mail it back to you after the war.

The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.