"First Printing August 1964" stated on copyright page; Rand McNally & Company publishers; hardbound; good condition of book and boards; dust jacket good/fair with edge wear and tear.
 
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This is the story of the famous Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942. This book calls it the "Halsey-Doolittle Raid," named after Commander William Halsey, Jr. With the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Japanese believed that the war was essentially over. The Americans could not recover from such horrific losses, the Japanese thought. The Japan Times reported "With the imminent fall of Corregidor, the entire waters of the south-western Pacific will become an exclusive lake for the Japanese Navy, and all American and British Warships will be completely shut out. ...