Two weeks after the devastating attack on American soil on December 7, 1941, President Roosevelt demanded a response. That response was the Doolittle Raid: a joint U.S. Navy and U.S. Army Air Forces mission to bring bombers within striking range of Japan. On this day in 1942, Doolittle and his Raiders departed the USS Hornet for Japan. On the 78th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, we want to say thank you. May you rest easy, and know the men and women of the services have watch from here. U.S.
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