Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor (89 page)

176
 “I happened to be”: Sims,
First over Japan
, p. 26.

176
 “Would you help”:
The Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Henry L. Miller
, vol. 1, p. 40.

176
 “We had spent months”: C. Jay Nielsen, “Doolittle Fliers’ Saga of Living Death: First Day Was Bad But the Worst Was Yet to Come,”
News and Courier
, Sept. 16, 1945, p. 3.

177
 Davy Jones had suffered: David M. Jones, Narrative Report, May 15, 1942; Jones oral history interview with Hasdorff, Jan. 13–14, 1987.

177
 Ross Greening ordered: Greening,
Not As Briefed
, p. 23.

177
 “When the alarm sounded”: Carrol V. Glines,
The Doolittle Raid: America’s Daring First Strike against Japan
(Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Military/Aviation History, 1991), p. 114.

177
 “Hey”: Lawson,
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
, p. 48.

177
 “I wish to hell”: Ted W. Lawson, “Thirty Seconds over Tokyo,” pt. 2,
Collier’s
, May 29, 1943, p. 82.

177
 Crews knew: Doolittle,
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
, p. 5.

177
 “Captain Greening”: Greening,
Not As Briefed
, p. 23.

177
 “I wasn’t concerned”: Potter oral history interview with Hasdorff, June 8–10, 1979.

177
 “The way things are now”: Eierman, “I Helped Bomb Japan,” p. 66.

178
 “This couldn’t have”: Macia oral history interview with Hasdorff, July 15–16, 1987.

178
 “Not a man withdrew”: Eierman, “I Helped Bomb Japan,” p. 66.

178
 “What the hell”: Holstrom, “General Recollections,” p. 32.

178
 “We just got one chance”: Watson,
DeShazer
, p. 26.

178
 “We knew that the pilots”:
The Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Henry L. Miller
, vol. 1, p. 41.

178
 “I was scared”: Carl R. Wildner, “The First of Many,”
American Man
1, no. 2 (Jan. 1966): 9.

179
 “It’s the only time”: “Halsey Remembers Day Doolittle Struck Tokyo,”
Arizona Daily Star
, April 18, 1959, p. B1.

179
 “It sure was windy!”: Russell,
No Right to Win
, p. 18.

179
 “Look at me”: Doolittle,
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
, p. 275.

179
 “We all stood around”: Eierman, “I Helped Bomb Japan,” p. 66.

179
 “
Hornet
preparing”: Field, “With the Task Force,” p. 91.

179
 “Sailors, like stockbrokers”: Alvin B. Kernan,
Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket’s Odyssey in World War II
(New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2007), p. 47.

180
 “Everything all right”: This exchange comes from Reynolds,
The Amazing Mr. Doolittle
, pp. 203–4.

180
 The time required:
The Reminiscences of Captain Stephen Jurika, Jr.
, vol. 1, pp. 471–72.

180
 The bomber roared: All bomber takeoff times come from J. H. Doolittle, Report on the Aerial Bombing of Japan, June 5, 1942.

180
 “The scream of those two engines”: Greening,
Not As Briefed
, p. 24.

180
 “He’ll never make it”: Field, “With the Task Force,” p. 91.

180
 “Doolittle’s gone”: Chas. L. McClure as told to William Shinnick, “How We Bombed Tokio: Flyers Locate Targets,”
Chicago Daily Tribune
, April 29, 1943, p. 2.

180
 “Yes!”: McElroy, “When We Were One,” p. 29.

180
 “The shout that went up”: Thomas White, “Memoirs of ‘Doc’ White,” p. 8.

181
 “First bomber off”: Robert Casey diary, April 18, 1942, in Casey,
Torpedo Junction
, p. 426.

181
 In the skies overhead: Doolittle,
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
, p. 7; Potter oral history interview with Hasdorff, June 8–10, 1979.

181
 “I was running out of deck”: Hoover oral history interview with Hasdorff, June 20–21, 1988.

181
 “Up! Up!”: McElroy, “When We Were One,” p. 29.

181
 “I felt wonderful”: Hoover oral history interview with Hasdorff, June 20–21, 1988.

181
 “kangaroo”: Sutherland oral history interview with the Navy, May 14, 1943.

181
 “They are the most comfortable”: “Details of Individual Adventures in China: For Possible Use of Bureau of Public Relations,” included with Cooper, “The Doolittle Air Raid on Japan,” June 22, 1942.

181
 “We watched his plane”: Greening,
Not As Briefed
, p. 24.

182
 “He got away with it”: Henry L. Miller to D. B. Duncan, May 7, 1942, Report on Temporary Additional Duty Assignment.

182
 “Nice take-off, Ski”: This exchange comes from Emmens,
Guests of the Kremlin
, p. 3. Despite York’s claim, Miller’s records show he made at least one practice takeoff at Eglin.

182
 “It seemed like”: William R. Pound, “We Bombed ‘The Land of the Dwarfs,’” in Glines,
Doolittle’s Tokyo Raiders
, pp. 240–41.

182
 “I could see many faces”: Greening,
Not As Briefed
, p. 24.

182
 “Sailors, slipping”: Robert “Bobby” L. Hite, “Doolittle Raider and Japanese POW,” in Jonna Doolittle Hoppes, comp.,
Just Doing My Job: Stories from Service in World War II
(Santa Monica, Calif.: Santa Monica Press, 2009), p. 43.

182
 “Give them hell”: DeShazer oral history interview with Hasdorff, Oct. 10, 1989; David Thatcher undated letter to author.

182
 “Help me get him”: Ibid.

183
 “The seaman’s arm”: George Barr, “Destination: Forty Months of Hell,” in Glines,
Doolittle’s Tokyo Raiders
, p. 307.

183
 “Should I tell”: DeShazer oral history interview with Hasdorff, Oct. 10, 1989.

183
 “When the last plane”: Press Release, Seventh Naval District, Public Relations Office, undated, Box 148, RG 428, General Records of the Department of the Navy, Office of Information Subject Files, 1940–1958, NARA.

183
 “We all cheered loudly”: Kernan,
Crossing the Line
, p. 48.

183
 “For a few minutes”: Field, “With the Task Force,” p. 91.

183
 “Quiet on the horizon”: Robert Casey diary, April 18, 1942, in Casey,
Torpedo Junction
, p. 426.

183
 The veteran aviator had tensed up: Taylor,
The Magnificent Mitscher
, p. 120.

183
 “With only one exception”: Marc Mitscher to Chester Nimitz, April 28, 1942, “Report of Action, April 18, 1942, with Notable Events Prior and Subsequent Thereto.”

184
 “The job that was done”: Frederick L. Riefkohl oral history interview with the Navy, Jan. 26, 1945, Box 24, RG 38, Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, World War II Oral Histories and Interviews, 1942–1946, NARA.

184
 “Without a doubt”:
The Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Henry L. Miller
, vol. 1, p. 44.

184
 “Take-off was easy”: James H. Doolittle, Personal Report, May 4, 1942, included as Appendix 1 to J. H. Doolittle, Report on the Aerial Bombing of Japan, June 5, 1942.

184
 He reviewed plans: Doolittle,
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
, pp. 7–8.

184
 “It never once occurred”: Richard Cole undated questionnaire, Box 1, Series II, DTRAP.

184
 “One time”: Ibid.

184
 Hoover spotted: Travis Hoover, Personal Report, May 15, 1942.

185
 “Why am I here”: Wildner, “The First of Many,” p. 10.

185
 “There was no rendezvous”: Lawson,
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
, p. 54.

185
 some buzzing so low: McElroy, “When We Were One,” p. 30; Hite oral history interview with Hasdorff, Dec. 16–17, 1982.

185
 pilot Davy Jones: Joseph W. Manske, “Doolittle Raider Had Close Calls,”
Sunday Express-News
, Aug. 11, 1985, p. 2L.

185
 “Well, boys”: Tedesco, “Thirty Seconds over Tokyo,” p. H1.

185
 “What in the world”: J. Michael Parker, “Doolittle Raid Changed Course of War for U.S.,”
San Antonio Express-News
, Dec. 1, 1991, p. 8W.

185
 “Being brought up”: Joseph Manske to Duane Schultz, Nov. 4, 1987, Box 4, Series II, DTRAP.

185
 The harried takeoff: Bert M. Jordan, Personal Report, May 5, 1942.

185
 Davy Jones realized his bomber: David M. Jones, Narrative Report, May 15, 1942; Eldred V. Scott, Personal Report, May 14, 1942.

186
 “We’ve got a hole”: This exchange comes from DeShazer oral history interview with Hasdorff, Oct. 10, 1989.

186
 “We’re entering the danger zone”: This exchange comes from Gene Casey, “Conversation over Kobe,”
Collier’s
, Sept. 5, 1942, p. 23.

186
 “A twin-engined land plane”: David M. Jones, Narrative Report, May 15, 1942.

186
 “It immediately dove”: Richard O. Joyce, Report of Tokyo Raid, undated (ca. May 1942).

186
 “Damn, boy”: Lawson, “Thirty Seconds over Tokyo,” pt. 2,
Collier’s
, May 29, p. 84.

186
 “Let’s drop one”: This exchange comes from Lawson,
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
, p. 56.

187
 “A normal program”: Donald G. Smith, Personal Report, May 14, 1942.

187
 “That’s what you’ve”: Chase Nielsen oral history interview with Rick Randle, Feb. 22, 2005.

187
 “We kept going in”: Lawson,
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
, p. 57.

187
 “We were too busy”: Nielsen, “Doolittle Fliers’ Saga of Living Death: First Day Was Bad,” p. 3.

187
 “Conversations were short”: Emmens,
Guests of the Kremlin
, p. 4.

187
 “I thought about the stack”: Ibid.

188
 “Forty precious gallons”: Lawson,
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
, p. 55.

188
 “Navy got jittery”: David Jones diary, April 18, 1942, Box 3, Series II, DTRAP.

188
 “Hey, Bob”: This exchange comes from Emmens,
Guests of the Kremlin
, pp. 5–7.

188
 “Great”: David Pohl as told to Don Dwiggins, “We Crash Landed in Russia—and Escaped,”
Cavalier
, p. 12, in Box 5, Series II, DTRAP.

188
 The crew had few options: Emmens,
Guests of the Kremlin
, p. 6.

188
 “Have you got a course”: This exchange is ibid.

189
 “Russia’s neutral”: Pohl as told to Dwiggins, “We Crash Landed in Russia—and Escaped,” p. 12.

189
 “Doolittle didn’t exactly”: This exchange comes from Emmens,
Guests of the Kremlin
, pp. 6–7.

189
 “There’s the coast”: Pohl as told to Dwiggins, “We Crash Landed in Russia—and Escaped,” p. 12.

189
 The
Nitto Maru
’s report: Background on Japan’s preparations for the raid, unless otherwise noted, is drawn from the following sources: Matome Ugaki diary, April 18, 1942, in Ugaki,
Fading Victory
, pp. 111–13; Fuchida and Okumiya,
Midway
, pp. 66–68; Military History Section, Headquarters, Army Forces Far East, “Homeland Defense Naval Operations: December 1941–March 1943,” Japanese Monograph #109, pt. 1, 1953, pp. 8–10.

189
 “Enemy task force”: Layton,
“And I Was There,”
p. 386.

190
 “Well”: Fuchida and Okumiya,
Midway
, p. 67.

191
 The Japanese public: Wolfe, “Gloomy Heart of an Embattled Japan,” p. SM12; USSBS,
Field Report Covering Air Raid Protection and Allied Subjects, Tokyo, Japan
, pp. 5–13, 145; USSBS, Civilian Defense Division,
Final Report Covering Air Raid Protection and Allied Subjects, Japan
(Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1947), pp. 1–3, 16–17, 30–31.

191
 Just two weeks earlier: “Cherry Blossoms Attract Thousands,”
Japan Times & Advertiser
, April 3, 1942, p. 1.

191
 Music lovers still chatted: “Piano Soloist Stars in Concert at Hibya,”
Japan Times & Advertiser
, April 18, 1942, p. 2.

191
 while gadflies buzzed: “Tokyo Candidates Hotly Contesting Seats in House,”
Japan Times & Advertiser
, April 21, 1942, p. 1.

191
 No fewer than 230 campaign: Ibid.

191
 The Tokyo university baseball: “Today’s Sports,”
Japan Times & Advertiser
, April 18, 1942, p. 3; “‘Big 6’ Ball Games,”
Osaka Mainichi
, April 18, 1942, p. 2.

191
 Articles in the press: “Japanese Readers Are Best Sellers in Hongkong City,”
Japan Times & Advertiser
, April 19, 1942, p. 2.

191
 Other accounts: “Southern Regions Returning Rapidly to Normal Status,”
Japan Times & Advertiser
, April 18, 1942, p. 1.

192
 Closer to home: “Bereaved from Taiwan First of 30,000 Here for Special Yasukuni Shrine Rites,”
Japan Times & Advertiser
, April 19, 1942, p. 3; “3,000 Relatives of War Dead Come to Tokyo to Attend Special Yasukuni Shrine Festival,” ibid., April 22, 1942, p. 1; “Enshrinement Service for War Dead at Yasukuni Shrine Set for Tomorrow,” ibid., April 22, 1942, p. 1; “Impressive Rituals for 15,017 War Dead Will Open Festival,” ibid., April 23, 1942, p. 1; “Solemn Rites Held for 15,017 Spirits of Fallen Heroes,” ibid., April 24, 1942, p. 1.

192
 “I am overwhelmed with awe”: “3,000 Relatives of War Dead Come to Tokyo to Attend Special Yasukuni Shrine Festival,” p. 1.

192
 “With the imminent fall”: “The Projected Offensive against Japan,” editorial,
Japan Times & Advertiser
, April 18, 1942, p. 6.

192
 “Without any base”: Ibid.

192
 Newspapers two days earlier: S. L. A. Marshall, “Tokyo Raid,” undated (ca. 1944), pp. 33–35;
The Reminiscences of Captain Henri Smith-Hutton
, vol. 1, p. 344.