Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor (92 page)

229
 “The only person we bothered”: Thomas White diary, April 18, 1942, in Thomas Robert White, “The
Hornet
Stings Japan,”
Atlantic Monthly
, June 1943, p. 41.

229
 “We had our first opposition”: Thomas White, “Memoirs of ‘Doc’ White,” p. 10.

230
 “Say, Saylor, start pushing”: Casey, “Conversation over Kobe,”, p. 23.

230
 “Very pretty and interesting”: Thomas White diary, April 18, 1942, in White, “The
Hornet
Stings Japan,” p. 42.

230
 “Trains, streetcars and busses”: Thomas White, “Memoirs of ‘Doc’ White,” p. 10.

230
 The airmen spotted: William W. Kelly, “Sense and Sensibility at the Ballpark: What Fans Make of Professional Baseball in Modern Japan,” in William W. Kelly, ed.,
Fanning the Flames: Fans and Consumer Culture in Contemporary Japan
(Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004), p. 80.

230
 “Everything looked very much”: Donald G. Smith, Personal Report, May 14, 1942.

231
 “There’s the steel foundries”: This exchange comes from Casey, “Conversation over Kobe,” p. 23.

231
 “Bomb bay doors open”: Ibid.

231
 “Hey, when you going”: Ibid.

232
 “Nobody realized”: Peters, “Japan Bombed with 20-Cent Sight,” p. 1.

232
 “It was like the old sleeper play”: “Don Smith Relates Story of Raid on Japan for Home Folk,”
Daily Belle Fourche Post
, July 3, 1942, p. 1.

232
 Second Lieutenant Billy Farrow: Unless otherwise noted, details of Farrow’s attack on Japan are drawn from the following sources: George Barr, Robert Hite, and Jacob DeShazer testimonies in the case of
United States of America vs. Shigeru Sawada et al.
; Robert “Bobby” L. Hite, “Doolittle Raider and Japanese POW,” in Hoppes, comp.,
Just Doing My Job
, pp. 43–45; DeShazer oral history interview with Hasdorff, Oct. 10, 1989; Hite oral history interview with Hasdorff, Dec. 16–17, 1982; Shibata and Hara,
D
ō
rittoru K
ū
sh
ū Hiroku
, pp. 122–25, 211.

232
 “We came in over”: Jim Arpy, “You Are to Bomb the Japanese Homeland,”
Sunday Times-Democrat
, April 12, 1964, p. 1D–2D.

232
 “Get set to drop bombs”: Watson,
DeShazer
, p. 30.

232
 “See that gasoline tank?”: DeShazer oral history interview with Hasdorff, Oct. 10, 1989.

232
 “To the left of us”: Watson,
DeShazer
, p. 31.

233
 “Let your bombs go”: DeShazer oral history interview with Hasdorff, Oct. 10, 1989.

233
 “We didn’t miss”: Robert L. Hite and Jacob DeShazer, “Doolittle Fliers’ Saga of Living Death: Men Pretty Low As They Face Japs in Courtroom,”
News and Courier
, Sept. 22, 1945, p. 5.

CHAPTER 13

234
 “Saturday’s experience”: “First Enemy Air Raid,”
Nichi Nichi
, in “Today’s Press Comments,”
Japan Times & Advertiser
, April 19, 1942, p. 2.

234
 Three minutes after: Task Force Sixteen war diary, April 18, 1942;
Hornet
and
Enterprise
deck logs, April 18, 1942.

234
 Sailors hustled to ready: Rose,
The Ship That Held the Line
, p. 72.

234
 The
Nitto Maru
’s contact report:
The Reminiscences of Captain Stephen Jurika, Jr.
, vol. 1, pp. 479–80.

234
 Doctors and corpsmen: Jerry L. Strickland oral history with Jan K. Herman, Nov. 9, 2001, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Falls Church, Va.

235
 “It will have to come off”: This exchange comes from Harp Jr., “God Stood beside Us,” pp. 19–20.

235
 The
Enterprise
turned:
Enterprise
and
Hornet
deck logs, April 18, 1942;
Enterprise
,
Hornet
, and Task Force Sixteen war diaries, April 18, 1942.

236
 At 11:50 a.m.: Report of U.S. Aircraft Action with Enemy by Ensign R. K. Campbell, A-V(N), USNR, included with M. F. Leslie to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, Report of Action, April 18, 1942, Box 386, RG 38, Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, World War II Action and Operational Reports, NARA.

236
 “The enemy maneuvered”: M. F. Leslie to Commanding Officer, U.S.S.
Enterprise
, Reports of Action, April 19, 1942, ibid.

236
 Lieutenant Ralph Arndt: Report of U.S. Aircraft Action with Enemy by Lieutenant R. W. Arndt, U.S. Navy, included with M. F. Leslie to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, Report of Action, April 18, 1942; M. F. Leslie to Commanding Officer, U.S.S.
Enterprise
, Reports of Action, April 19, 1942.

236
 Ensign John Butler: Report of U.S. Aircraft Action with Enemy by Ensign J. C. Butler, A-V(N), USNR, included with M. F. Leslie to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, Report of Action, April 18, 1942; M. F. Leslie to Commanding Officer, U.S.S.
Enterprise
, Reports of Action, April 19, 1942.

236
 Radar at one point: Task Force Sixteen war diary, April 18, 1942.

236
 Lookouts on the
Enterprise
: Ibid.;
Enterprise
deck log, April 18, 1942; R. J. Hoyle, “U.S. Aircraft—Action with Enemy,” April 18, 1942, Box 436, RG 38, Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, World War II Action and Operational Reports, NARA.

236
 The
Nashville
charged:
Nashville
war diary, April 18, 1942; F. S. Craven to Chester Nimitz, “Report of Sinking of Two Enemy Patrol Boats on 18 April, 1942,” April 21, 1942, Box 1264, RG 38, Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, World War II Action and Operational Reports, NARA; W. Kirten Jr., “Report by Gunnery Officer on Firing at Japanese Patrol Boats on 18 April, 1942,” April 19, 1942, ibid.

236
 “Her whole starboard side”: W. Kirten Jr., “Report by Gunnery Officer on Firing at Japanese Patrol Boats on 18 April, 1942,” April 19, 1942.

237
 “One was wounded”: F. S. Craven to Chester Nimitz, “Report of Sinking of Two Enemy Patrol Boats on 18 April, 1942,” April 21, 1942.

237
 “Two of our beautiful”: This exchange comes from J. Bryan III, “Four-Star Sea Dog,”
Saturday Evening Post
, Jan. 1, 1944, p. 52; Halsey,
Admiral Halsey’s Story
, p. 103.

237
 One of the
Enterprises
’s bombers:
Enterprise
war diary, April 18, 1942.

237
 The task force: Robert J. Cressman,
The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II
(Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2000), pp. 88–89; War History Office, National Institute for Defense Studies,
Hondo H
ō
men Kaigun Sakusen
[Naval Operations in Home Waters],
Senshi S
ō
sho
[War History Series], vol. 85 (Tokyo: Asagumo Shinbunsha, 1975), pp. 82–85.

237
 “She had a grand day”: Robin Merton Lindsey oral history interview with the Navy, Sept. 17, 1943.

238
 At Mitscher’s request:
The Reminiscences of Captain Stephen Jurika, Jr.
, vol. 1, pp. 477–78.

238
 Others scanned: Griffin,
A Ship to Remember
, pp. 68–69; “Pilots Who Were on
Hornet
Tell How Raid Upset Tokyo,”
Milwaukee Journal
, April 24, 1943, p. 2.

238
 “All the ship’s radios”: Harp Jr., “God Stood beside Us,” pp. 20–21.

238
 “Boy, oh boy”: Ibid., p. 21.

238
 “There was nothing”:
The Reminiscences of Captain Stephen Jurika, Jr.
, vol. 1, p. 478.

238
 “We began to worry”: Harp Jr., “God Stood beside Us,” p. 21.

238
 “Lady Haw Haw”: Griffin,
A Ship to Remember
, pp. 64, 69; “Lady Haw-Haw,”
Time
, Jan. 19, 1942, p. 32.

238
 “A moment before”: Harp Jr., “God Stood beside Us,” p. 21.

238
 “Enemy bombers appeared”:
Hornet
deck log, April 18, 1942.

239
 “A large fleet”: Ibid.

239
 “They made it”: Bryan III, “Four-Star Sea Dog,” p. 52.

239
 “It doesn’t take much”: E. B. Mott oral history interview with the Navy, March 22, 1944.

239
 One bulletin claimed: Robert Casey diary, April 18, 1942, in Casey,
Torpedo Junction
, p. 427.

239
 “Even if she had”: Robert Casey diary, April 19, 1942, ibid., p. 429.

239
 “The woman’s had a shock”: Ibid., pp. 307–8.

239
 “Give your blood”: Ibid., p. 429.

239
 “An interesting moment”: Ibid., p. 430.

240
 “There has been no damage”: Ibid., p. 309.

240
 “You notice that nobody”: Ibid.

240
 “More evidence”: Ibid., p. 310.

240
 On board the
Hornet
: Harp Jr., “God Stood beside Us,” p. 13.

240
 “REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!!”:
News Digest
, April 19, 1942, Box 1, Series XI, DTRAP.

240
 “rowdy”: Harp Jr., “God Stood beside Us,” p. 14.

240
 “How does it feel”:
News Digest
, April 19, 1942.

241
 “Twas the eighteenth”: Griffin,
A Ship to Remember
, pp. 70–71.

241
 “It gives me great pleasure”:
The Big E
, pp. 66–67.

241
 “No one could”: Harp Jr., “God Stood beside Us,” pp. 23–24.

CHAPTER 14

242
 “There have been thousands”: Jones oral history interview with Hasdorff, Jan. 13–14, 1987.

242
 Doolittle settled: Marshall, “Tokyo Raid,” undated (ca. 1944), pp. 53, 61, 74–78.

243
 “The sky was just purple”: Peters, “Japan Bombed with 20-Cent Sight,” p. 1.

243
 “The most opposition”: Ibid.

243
 “I was amazed”: W. H. Lawrence, “Airman Decorated,”
New York Times
, May 20, 1942, p. 1.

243
 “The over-all picture”: Headquarters, Army Air Forces, Director of Intelligence Service, Informational Intelligence Summary (Special) No. 20, “The Tokyo Raid, April 18, 1942: Objectives, Preparation, the Action, Enemy Resistance, Mechanical Equipment, Conclusions,” Iris #00114966, AFHRA.

243
 “As we paralleled”: Wildner, “The First of Many,” p. 73.

243
 “We sang songs”: Hite and DeShazer, “Doolittle Fliers’ Saga of Living Death: Men Pretty Low,” p. 5.

244
 “Wow!”: Lawson,
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
, p. 65.

244
 “About this time”: Thomas White, “Memoirs of ‘Doc’ White,” p. 11.

244
 “Just as Birch”: Kenneth Reddy diary, April 18, 1942.

244
 “It soon stopped”: Ibid.

244
 “One of the shells”: Peters, “Japan Bombed with 20-Cent Sight,” p. 1.

244
 Saylor uncapped: Edward Saylor, “Doolittle Tokyo Raid,” Jan. 14, 1989; Charles L. McClure, tape transcription, Dec. 1987, Box 4, Series II, DTRAP.

244
 “Up until now”: McElroy, “When We Were One,” p. 30.

244
 “My feelings of exhilaration”: Sims,
First over Japan
, p. 30.

245
 “By stretching”: Bourgeois, “Road Back from Tokyo,” p. 6.

245
 “I saw sharks”: Doolittle,
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
, p. 9.

245
 “We’ve got a tail wind”: Cole oral history interview with Hasdorff, Dec. 12–13, 1988.

245
 “For the first time”: John Hilger diary, April 18, 1942, in Hilger, “On the Raid,” p. 94.

245
 “Chances of reaching land”: Edward Oxford, “Against All Odds,”
American History Illustrated
, April 1992, p. 60.

245
 “See that the raft”: Reynolds,
The Amazing Mr. Doolittle
, p. 207.

245
 Copilot Dick Cole: Richard Cole interview with author, Aug. 24, 2011; Cole oral history interview with Hasdorff, Dec. 12–13, 1988.

246
 “There it is”: Reynolds,
The Amazing Mr. Doolittle
, p. 207.

246
 The charts showed: Doolittle,
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
, pp. 9–10; James H. Doolittle, Personal Report, May 4, 1942; Marshall, “Tokyo Raid,” undated (ca. 1944), p. 64.

246
 “Without a ground radio”: Doolittle,
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
, p. 10.

246
 “We’ll have to bail out”: This exchange comes from Reynolds,
The Amazing Mr. Doolittle
, p. 209.

246
 “When we get as close”: Potter oral history interview with Hasdorff, June 8–10, 1979.

246
 Potter folded up: Thomas M. Hatfield, “The Doolittle Raid: An Early Inspiration,”
American-Statesman
, April 28, 1990, p. A23.

246
 “Get going”: Reynolds,
The Amazing Mr. Doolittle
, p. 209.

246
 Leonard and Braemer: Fred A. Braemer, Personal Report, May 5, 1942; Paul J. Leonard, Personal Report, undated (ca. May 1942).

246
 “Be seeing you”: Reynolds,
The Amazing Mr. Doolittle
, p. 209.

246
 “I was one scared turkey”: Richard Cole letter, Jan. 2, 2004.

246
 He had flown: James H. Doolittle, Personal Report, May 4, 1942; Doolittle,
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
, p. 10.

247
 Doolittle’s jump marked: Doolittle,
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
, p. 10.

247
 “I heard movement inside”: Ibid., p. 11.

247
 “First you hear”: Cole oral history interview with Hasdorff, Dec. 12–13, 1988.

247
 “I tried using my flashlight”: Richard E. Cole oral history interview with William J. Alexander, Aug. 8, 2011, University of North Texas, Denton, Tex.

247
 Cole drifted down: Richard E. Cole, Personal Report, May 5, 1942.