By Craig Nelson
Instantly after Japan's assault on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to revive the respect of the us with a dramatic act of vengeance: a retaliatory bombing raid on Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, 80 courageous younger males, led by way of the recognized daredevil Jimmy Doolittle, took off from a army service within the mid-Pacific on what each person considered as a suicide project yet as a substitute turned a powerful American victory and helped flip the tide of the warfare. The First Heroes is the tale of that challenge. Meticulously researched and in response to interviews with twenty of the surviving Tokyo Raiders, it is a actual account that nearly defies trust, an immense human drama of serious own braveness, and a strong reminder that standard humans, whilst confronted with notable situations, can upward push to the problem of heritage.
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