Orders in hand, Capt. Marc A. Mitscher, foreground right, , a naval aviator and skipper of the aircraft carrier Hornet CU-8, chats with Maj. Gen. James Doolittle, Army, foreground left. Some of the 80 Army fliers who manned B-25 bombers that launched from the Hornet for the historic raid on Tokyo, Japan are pictured behind the two fliers.

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