Giving Honor

04/18/2013 - From left, retired U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Thatcher, retired Lt. Col. Ed Saylor and retired Col. *** Cole, three of the four surviving Doolittle Raiders, salute at the grave of retired Master Sgt. Edwin W. Horton Jr. April 18, 2013, in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., during the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The reunion marked the 71st anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, the first U.S. air raid on the Japanese islands during World War II. During the mission, 16 U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers launched from the Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV 8) and attacked targets in Japan. Eleven of the 80 Airmen who took part in the raid were killed or captured. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Carlin Leslie, U.S. Air Force/Released)

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