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On April 18, 1942, gallant men of the United States Air Force led by Brigadier General, then Lieutenant Colonel, James H. Doolittle flew from the USS Hornet eight hundred miles across the Pacific during World War II to bomb Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe, and Nagoya in the first attack on Japan following Pearl Harbor. On April 18, 1962, to honor these brave men and in memory of those who sacrificed their lives in serving their country, the United States Air Force presented the last B-25 bomber to Valparaiso–Niceville, home of the Doolittle Raiders while training at Eglin Air Force Base for this historic flight.
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