Robert Hite was liberated from his Japanese captors in 1945 after 40 months of brutal captivity. He returned to active duty and fought in the Korean War and remained in service until 1955.
Now, just two Doolittle Raiders remain alive: Lt.Col. Richard "Dick" Cole and Staff Sgt. David Thatcher.
The Raiders will receive a Congressional Gold Medal on April 15th in Washingtton, D.C. and will be presented with it on April 18th, the 73rd anniversary of the raid. This will happen at the national Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The Gold medal will be on display there.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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