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First Name: James Last Name: Doolittle Birthplace: Alameda, CA, USA Gender: Male Branch: Air Force (1947 - present) Middle Name: Harold Date of Birth: 14 December 1896 Date of Death: 27 September 1993 Rank: General Years Served: 1917 - 1959. James Harold Doolittle 'Jimmy'. Engagements:• World War I (1914 - 1918) • Korean War (1950 - 1953)
Feb 4, 2007 · By. Terri Barnes. Stars and Stripes • February 4, 2007. Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle shares a moment with his wife, Joe. Their granddaughter, Jonna Doolittle Hoppes, has written a book about...
Jun 6, 1986 · California. General Doolittle Still the Hero at Miramar Tribute. By NANCY REED. June 6, 1986 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. James Doolittle learned to fly in San Diego, received his military...
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Doolittle was born in Alameda, California. He spent his youth in Nome, Alaska where he earned a reputation as a boxer. His parents were Frank Henry Doolittle and Rosa (Rose) Cerenah Shephard. By 1910, Jimmy Doolittle was attending school in Los Angeles. When his school attended the 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet at Dominguez Field Doolittl...
Other honors
Doolittle was also awarded the Bolivian Order of the Condor of the Andes, now in the collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. In 1972 James H. Doolittle was awarded the Horatio Alger Award which is given to those who are dedicated community leaders who demonstrate individual initiative and a commitment to excellence; as exemplified by remarkable achievements accomplished through honesty, hard work, self-reliance and perseverance over adversity. The Horatio Alger Associatio...
In popular culture
1. Spencer Tracy played Doolittle in Mervyn LeRoy's 1944 movie Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. This portrayal has received much praise. 2. Alec Baldwin played Doolittle in Michael Bay's 2001 movie Pearl Harbor. This portrayal caused much outrage amongst those who knew the general. 3. Bob Clampett's 1946 cartoon Baby Bottleneck briefly portrays a dognamed "Jimmy Do-quite-a-little", who invents a failed rocketship.
"Arlington National Cemetery Website – James Harold Doolittle". Archived from the original on April 2, 2003. Retrieved January 2, 2013."Travis Air Museum, supporting the Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum". Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2013.William R. Wilson. "Article: Jimmy Doolittle Reminiscences About World War II". Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2013.Jul 10, 2023 · Doolittle lost his wife, Josephine, on Christmas Eve of 1988. Doolittle himself would die of a stroke on 27 September, 1993, being buried in Arlington National Cemetery. President Ronald Reagan and Senator Barry Goldwater pin Doolittle’s fourth star onto his shoulders in 1985
Apr 15, 2012 · My wife, Connor, and I had a magic evening in 1986. She was the soloist at Jimmy Doolittle's 90th birthday party, which was held in the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. In attendance were Ann Morrow Lindbergh, Clare Booth Luce, Stewart Symington and many of America's pioneer aviators.
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Jimmy Doolittle. General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle, USAF (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American aviation pioneer. Doolittle served as a Brigadier general, Major general and Lieutenant general in the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War . Although convinced that the airborne attack he led against ...
