Monday, April 19, 2010

OK, Not the Last Doolittle Reunion

A few days ago I posted that the 68th annual Reunion was to be the group's last one, but I now read that the 2011 one is planned for Omaha, Nebraska.

The April 17th Dayton (Oh) Daily News reported that four of the remaining eight members of the famous Doolittle's 1942 Raid attended the 68th Reunion:

Richard E. Cole, 94 of Comfort, Texas
Thomas C. Griffin, 92 of Cincinnati
Robert L. Hite, 90 of Nashville
David Thatcher, 88 of Missoula, Montana

The other four were not well enough to attend.

They spend two hours autographing books, photos and even the wings of World War II model airplanes. Hundreds of people waited in line to meet them.

Major Thomas Griffin said that one of the bombs his plane dropped missed the intended factory target, but hit the next door Tokyo Gas and Electric Company which he considered a fair trade-off.

Seventeen B-25 Mitchell bombers landed at the Air Force Museum airfield Saturday and remained until Sunday. That had to have been something to see.

Hopefully, I will get Out to Omaha Next April. --Cooter

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