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tabDoolittle Quotes 
"Just try to make the world a better place for your having been here."

"I know you wrote a book on the raids, ... You know that's a federal offense, but you did a good job. I like you very much. You're one of my best gunners. Give me the book, and I'll mail it back to you after the war."

"The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't."

"If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead of from the neck down."

tabBiography 

GENERAL JAMES H. DOOLITTLE
Retired May 10, 1946, Advanced to general June 1985, Died Sept. 27, 1993
Medal of Honor recipient, pioneering holder of speed records, leader of first aerial attack on the Japanese mainland, and famed World War II air commander.
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tabReferences 
For more information on General Doolittle, you can read the following:

I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
by James H. Doolittle 

Calculated Risk
by Jonna Hoppes Doolittle

Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary 
by Dick Alan Daso

The First Heroes 
by Craig Nelson.

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