SEARCH SITE MAP USS ENTERPRISE DECORATED SHIP THE SECOND WORLD WAR POSTWAR THE SHIP ALL HANDS DECORATIONS REMEMBRANCE DOOLITTLE RAID LINKS TASK FORCE 16 CITATION ENTERPRISE ACTION REPORT TF 16 AIRCREWS USS NASHVILLE FORCE BOUND VICE ADMIRAL WILLIAM APRIL 1942 THE WAKE SHOCK ANGER PEARL PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESSED MILITARY PLANNERS STRIKE REVENGE ACT OF DEFIANCE THE FACE TRIUMPHANT JAPANESE RAID PRESENTED ACUTE PROBLEMS ALLIED AIR CLOSE ENOUGH CARRIER HAVE TO APPROACH THREE HUNDRED MILES THE HOME ISLANDS PLANES SURFACE SHIPS SO CLOSE JAPAN THAT TIME FROM JAPAN SUBMARINE FORCES ROOSEVELT PIECE PUZZLE FELL WEEK JANUARY 1942 FRANCIS LOWE ATTACHED ERNEST KING STAFF PAID VISIT USS HORNET NEARBY PAINTED THE OUTLINE THE POSSIBILITY LAUNCHING BOMBERS GREATER RANGE DECK AIRCRAFT HORNET RACE PRIOR OPERATIONS OFFICER DONALD DUNCAN DEVELOPED NORTH AMERICAN MEDIUM CAPACITY BOMBS FLYING 2000 MILES FUEL TAKE OFF SHORT DISTANCE ATTACK CONTINUE FRIENDLY AIRFIELDS MAINLAND HEAVY VEIL DUNCAN MARC MITSCHER COMMANDING OFFICER TESTED THE CONCEPT THE VIRGINIA COAST DISCOVERING AIRBORNE IN AS LITTLE FEET THE PLAN DEVELOP THE AMERICANS FILIPINOS DEFENDING BATAAN PENINSULA SURRENDERED STEAMED CRUISERS SALT LAKE CITY TANKER TURNED NORTHWEST COURSE POINT THE NORTH NORTH THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE SIX DAYS SISTER SHIP CRUISER DESTROYER PLOUGHING SOMEWHAT FLIGHT DECK PARALLEL ARMY AIR FORCE THE BOMBERS CERTAINLY TASK FORCE THOUGHT HOVE VIEW RUMORS SPREAD SPECULATED DESTINED RUSSIAN KAMCHATKA PENINSULA MYSTERY HALSEY EIGHT SUBMARINES DARING LEAVE THE DESTROYERS HIGH SPEED DASH JAPANESE HOME ISLANDS THE NEXT LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES DOOLITTLE CREW ARRIVE TOKYO DROP INCENDIARY BOMBS SETTING FIRES GUIDE THREE HOURS BEHIND FIFTEEN 500 MILES DARKNESS OPEN OCEAN INCENDIARIES BOMB MILITARY TARGETS IN TOKYO NAGOYA RETURNING ESCAPE THE YELLOW SEA 600 MILES CHUCHOW RESERVE MINUTES SUCCESS ABLE UNDETECTED SURVIVAL ABILITY FORMIDABLE DEFENSES THE TARGET MORNING THE RAID THE WAVES ACTUALLY BREAKING THINGS PLAN RADAR TEN MILES THE TASK THE FORCE GENERAL QUARTERS THE COURSE WEST HOUR PAST OSBORNE WISEMAN BOMBING RADIOMAN DROPPING WEIGHTED PICKET SHIP MILES AHEAD PLANE FORGED HEAVY SEAS NEARLY TWO HUNDRED PLANNED GIVE ARMY POSSIBLE ADVANTAGE CARRYING CLOSE NINETY MINUTES LOOKOUTS SAME TIME RADIO OPERATORS INTERCEPTED BROADCASTS PICKET REPORTING THE CRUISER NASHVILLE DISPOSE LAUNCHED GALLANT LUCK GOD BLESS YOU PAGE IMAGE LIBRARY REPORTS STORIES MESSAGE BOARDS BOOKSTORE ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT JOEL SHEPHERD SOURCES CREDITS