Four Came Home: The Gripping Story of the Survivors of Jimmy Doolittle's Two Lost Crews
Four Came Home: The Gripping Story of the Survivors of Jimmy Doolittle's Two Lost Crews - - - - On April 18, 1942, Jimmy Doolittle led the first bombing raid against Japan. Two five-man crews didn't make it back. Landing on Japanese-occupied territory in China, two drowned and the rest were...
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Four Came Home: The Gripping Story of the Survivors of Jimmy Doolittle's Two Lost Crews - - - - On April 18, 1942, Jimmy Doolittle led the first bombing raid against Japan. Two five-man crews didn't make it back. Landing on Japanese-occupied territory in China, two drowned and the rest were captured one by one, as thousands of Japanese soldiers, in a massive manhunt, swept southward from Shanghai, scorching the earth behind them and slaughtering a quarter of a million Chinese peasants. For the Americans, capture meant solitary imprisonment, starvation, torture, and for some, death. Only four came home.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781575100074 (157510007X)
ASIN: 157510007X
Publish date: 1996-03
Publisher: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.
Pages no: 184
Edition language: English
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