80 years ago today, the #DoolittleRaiders took revenge for the #PearlHarbor attack.

One aircrew landed in Russia to avoid falling into Japanese hands and spent 13 months interned.

This is the original carbon copy of their [now de]classified interrogation on 3 June 1943:
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80 years ago today, the #DoolittleRaiders took revenge for the #PearlHarbor attack.

One aircrew landed in Russia to avoid falling into Japanese hands and spent 13 months interned.

This is the original carbon copy of their [now de]classified interrogation on 3 June 1943:
2/8
80 years ago today, the #DoolittleRaiders took revenge for the #PearlHarbor attack.

One aircrew landed in Russia to avoid falling into Japanese hands and spent 13 months interned.

This is the original carbon copy of their [now de]classified interrogation on 3 June 1943:
3/8
80 years ago today, the #DoolittleRaiders took revenge for the #PearlHarbor attack.

One aircrew landed in Russia to avoid falling into Japanese hands and spent 13 months interned.

This is the original carbon copy of their [now de]classified interrogation on 3 June 1943:
4/8
80 years ago today, the #DoolittleRaiders took revenge for the #PearlHarbor attack.

One aircrew landed in Russia to avoid falling into Japanese hands and spent 13 months interned.

This is the original carbon copy of their [now de]classified interrogation on 3 June 1943:
5/8
80 years ago today, the #DoolittleRaiders took revenge for the #PearlHarbor attack.

One aircrew landed in Russia to avoid falling into Japanese hands and spent 13 months interned.

This is the original carbon copy of their [now de]classified interrogation on 3 June 1943:
6/8
80 years ago today, the #DoolittleRaiders took revenge for the #PearlHarbor attack.

One aircrew landed in Russia to avoid falling into Japanese hands and spent 13 months interned.

This is the original carbon copy of their [now de]classified interrogation on 3 June 1943:
7/8
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