[SkyPilot]

I read how (then) Lt Col Dolittle sat on his wreaked B-25 after the raid and almost cried, in shame. A comrade comforted him and said, "Do you know what they are going to do to you when you get back to Washington?"

DOLITTLE: "Yes, courtmartial me."

"No--I think they are going to make you a General and pin the Congressional Medal of Honor on you."*

_{*See article in WW II History magazine, Spring 2002}

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Skypilot. I remember reading that somewhere too. Can't remember if it was in Doolittle's giography or some other book though.

[Jen]

... I think they are going to make you a General and pin the Congressional Medal of Honor on you."

And they did!

The raid was a triumph. The Japanese High Command were so alarmed by the American's ability to strike at their homeland they attempted to expand the perimeter of activity in the central and southern Pacific - with disastrous results. Lt. Col. Doolittle was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in recognition of the extraordinary feat he and his gallant crews performed.