The Little-Known Role of Jimmy Doolittle in Nagasaki Atomic Bombing
Lt. Col. James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle famously led the first U.S. strike against the Japanese homeland during World War II, and Doolittle as a lieutenant general also had a little-known role by happenstance in the last strike in the form of the atomic bombing that destroyed Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. Doolittle became involved when […]