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An "awe-inspiring [and] surprisingly detailed" (The Washington Post Book World) chronicle of the turning point in the war against JapanImmediately after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to restore the honor of the United States with a dramatic act of vengeance: a retaliatory bombing raid on Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, eighty brave young men, led by the famous daredevil Jimmy Doolittle, took off from a navy carrier in the mid-Pacific on what everyone regarded as a suicide mission but instead became a resounding American victory and helped turn the tide of the war. The First Heroes is the story of that mission. Meticulously researched and based on interviews with twenty of the surviving Tokyo Raiders, this is a true account that almost defies belief, a tremendous human drama of great personal courage, and a powerful reminder that ordinary people, when faced with extraordinary circumstances, can rise to the challenge of history.
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The First Heroes
2009, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
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144061508X 9781440615085
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The First Heroes: Library Edition
February 2003, Blackstone Audiobooks
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0786190663 9780786190669
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The First Heroes: Library Edition
February 2003, Blackstone Audiobooks
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0786193425 9780786193424
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The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid--America's First World War II Victory
September 30, 2003, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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0142003417 9780142003411
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The First Heroes: Library Edition
February 2003, Blackstone Audiobooks
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0786123427 9780786123421
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