Doolittle Raiders Donate Medal

Exactly 73 years after the daring Doolittle Raiders' assault on Tokyo, the last two surviving members presented the group's Congressional Gold Medal to the National Museum of the United States Air Force on April 18. The medal, the highest civilian honor Congress can give on behalf of the American people, was awarded to the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders on April 15, 2015 by leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate. The group's medal will join the museum's diorama that depicts the legendary raid. Museum director, retired Lt. Gen.) Jack Hudson, has pledged the group's inspirational story "will live on." Read about the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders in an article from two years ago on the American Legion Magazine website at www.legion.org/honor/217812/doolittle-raiders-hold-final-toast.