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I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
James Doolittle and Carroll V. Glines
2009
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After Pearl Harbor, he led America's flight to victoryGeneral Doolittle is a giant of the twentieth century. He did it all. As a stunt pilot, he thrilled the world with his aerial acrobatics. As a scientist, he pioneered the development of modern aviation technology. During World War II, he served his country as a fearless and innovative air warrior, organizing and leading the devastating raid against Japan immortalized in the film Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. Now, for the first time, here is his life story -- modest, revealing, and candid as only Doolittle himself can tell it.From the Paperback edition.
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- Aerial operations, American
- Aeronautics
- Air pilots
- American Aerial operations
- Americans
- Autobiography
- Biography
- Biography & Autobiography
- Bombings
- Generals
- History
- Military History
- Nonfiction
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- United States
- United States. Army Air Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
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Jimmy Doolittle was one of the few in the US who saw the potential of airplanes as new weapons in World War II. His early B-24 raid on Tokyo helped restore US moral after Pearl Harbor, although many pilots crashed and were captured.