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Japanese Picture of Doolittle Fliers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09553.12 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 18 April 1942 Pagination: 1 silver gelatin ; 17.9 x 22.9 cm. Order a Copy

A black and white photograph of U.S. Army Air Corps men in Japan following the Doolittle Raid. Two of the men in the photograph are believed to be Lieutenant Robert Hite and Lieutenant William Farrow. Attached to the back of the photograph is a press clipping describing the photograph with the date June 11, 1943.

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