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Title: Thirty Seconds over Tokyo by Ted W. Lawson, Robert Considine, Peter B. Mersky ISBN: 1-57488-554-5 Publisher: Brasseys, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.92 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Book of a Heroic Mission
Comment: Captain Ted Lawson is a good writer in addition to being a heroic man. Just two years after piloting one of the B-25 Mitchells in a bombing raid over Tokyo -- a mission that wreaked some damage and served as a rallying point for America -- he has crafted a fine book.
I had read this book many years ago when I as 12. I was motivated to reread this book after seeing the blockbuster movie "Pearl Harbor" which goes on from that day of infamy to also include this counterstrike. And I am glad I did reread the book. The book covers the training and the mission in great detail, as well as his escape from China which covers about half the book. The book was written and published between 1942-1943 and there is a great deal of heart-felt emotion in the book about the war and the Japanese.
Also significant I thought is the context in which Lawson places this mission and the amputation of his leg -- they are events, albeit very significant events, that are stepping stones to his true purposes of family life and career.
The mission was great, and had a great effect of America at the time. There is probably no better account of this part of history than this book by Lawson.
Rating: 5
Summary: Thirty-Seconds Over Tokyo
Comment: This is one of the best books I have ever read and should be a must read for all history students. In addition to the historical importance of the Doolittle Raid, this book brings the reader a personal narrative of the event. If you are a fan of aviation or WWII history, then this is book is for you. I enjoyed it so much that I read it cover-to-cover, back-to-back! I haven't done that with a book in a long time.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Thrilling Raid by a Band of Heroes
Comment: The term "hero" seems to be much overused in the media today. You put on a uniform, and you are automatically a hero. Here is a thrilling story about a group of genuine heroes. It is April, 1942. In the four months since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States has suffered a series of stunning defeats and lost many of its Pacific bases. To counter the seeming invincibility of Japan, Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle leads sixteen, twin-engine B-25 bombers from the deck of an aircraft carrier to bomb targets in Japan. They cause consternation in Japan, but a longer flight than planned and bad weather cause the bombers to crash in China. Some flyers are captured and executed by the Japanese, some are killed, and many are injured. Their escape from capture by the Japanese is an epic of courage and amazing help by Chinese peasants. The story is as thrilling today as it was when first published in 1943, and it is well worth reading.
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Title: I Could Never Be So Lucky Again : An Autobiography by Carroll V. Glines, James Doolittle ISBN: 0553584642 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 24 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid - America's First World War II Victory by Craig Nelson ISBN: 0670030872 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 26 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title:Thirty Seconds over Tokyo ASIN: 0790747464 Publisher: Warner Studios Pub. Date: 06 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.95 |
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Title: Guadalcanal Diary by Mark Bowden, Richard Tregaskis ISBN: 0679640231 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 30 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Not As Briefed: From the Doolittle Raid to a German Stalag by C. Ross, Colonel Greening, Dorothy Greening, Karen Morgan Driscoll ISBN: 0874222397 Publisher: Washington State Univ Pr Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $42.00 |
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