Eight of Major General James H. Doolittle's flyers were captured by the Japanese. Fifty-five made their way back to the U.S. and to fighting fronts. Five flew to Russia and were interned there. One was killed, two are missing. Eight stayed in China to fight with Major General Claire Lee Chennault. Last week those eight gathered in the operations room of the Fourteenth Air Force and told their story to TIME Correspondent T. H. White:
We got shore leave the night before we left and everybody went out on a last party. It was...
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