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Major Ted William Lawson
- Major Ted William Lawson (March 7, 1917 – January 19, 1992) was an American officer in the United States Army Air Forces, who is known as the author of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, a memoir of his participation in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in 1942.
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Lawson was the sole author of the book Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, and the word "Collier's" was crossed off in the credits of the copyright cutting continuity. [5] The B-25s about to launch from USS Hornet. Admiral Halsey (Morris Ankrum) is saluting in the foreground.
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Major Ted William Lawson (March 7, 1917 – January 19, 1992) was an American officer in the United States Army Air Forces, who is known as the author of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, a memoir of his participation in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in 1942.
- 1940–1945
- Major
- participated in Doolittle's Tokyo raid, 1942, World War II
- United States Army Air Forces
Aug 1, 2004 · Ted W. Lawson (Author), Robert Considine (Editor) 4.7 735 ratings. See all formats and editions. In this World War II classic, Captain Ted W. Lawson tells the story of America’s legendary strike back on the Japanese Empire in one of the most daring missions in military aviation history: the legendary Doolittle Raid.
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- Cap. Ted W. Lawson
- Pocket Star
This book is an eyewitness account of the 1942 Dolittle Raid over Tokyo. Sixteen B-25's bombed industrial targets in Japan at close range. The mission was a success and Captain Lawson's plane bombed its assigned targets in just 30 seconds.
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he volunteered for a secret mission that evolved into the raid on Tokyo in April 1942. After retiring from the service in 1945, he went into private industry and worked on several projects that involved aircraft and space programs. He is the author of the memoir Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.
- Paperback
- August 01, 2004
Written by Dalton Trumbo, the movie was based on the 1943 memoir by Capt. Ted W. Lawson, a pilot involved in the mission. The World War II film centres on Lieut. Col. James H. Doolittle (played by Spencer Tracy) and the 80 volunteer airmen (5 men to a plane) he leads in the “Doolittle Raid.”
Pocket Star, 1943 - History - 219 pages. In this World War II classic, Captain Ted W. Lawson tells the story of America’s legendary strike back on the Japanese Empire in one of the most daring...
