Doolittle Raid
Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle, U.S. Army Air Corps, (center) with members of his flight crew and Chinese officials in China after the April 18, 1942 attack on Japan. Those present are (from left to right): Staff Sgt. Fred A. Braemer, bombardier; Staff Sgt. Paul J. Leonard, flight engineer/gunner; General Ho, director of the Branch Government of Western Chekiang Province; Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, co-pilot; Lt. Col. Doolittle, pilot and mission commander; Henry H. Shen, bank manager; Lt. Henry A. Potter, navigator; Chao Foo Ki, secretary of the Western Chekiang Province Branch Government. (Official U.S. Army Air Forces Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center)