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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Mass Market Paperback – August 1, 2004

by Cap. Ted W. Lawson (Author), Robert Considine (Editor)

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AMERICA STRIKES BACK!
After Pearl Harbor, America seemed to have lost the war before it had begun. Allied forces were being beaten across the Pacific by the Japanese military juggernaut, and morale was at the breaking point. America desperately needed to strike back at the enemy. For this, a corps of heroic volunteer fliers led by Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle began training to attack the very heart of the Japanese Empire -- Tokyo.
To succeed, the "Tokyo Raiders" would have to launch sixteen fully loaded B-25 twin-engine medium bombers off the deck of the aircraft carrier Hornet -- something never done before -- and land at airfields in China. Through courage and luck, the raid itself went flawlessly. But bad weather, lack of fuel, and darkness worked against many of the pilots -- and for many, escaping China proved even more perilous than the mission....
This gripping eyewitness account -- hailed as "the most stirring story of individual heroism that [the war] has so far produced" (The New York Times) -- is one of the most daring missions in military aviation history: the legendary Doolittle Raid.
INCLUDES HISTORIC PHOTOS - SOME NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED

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The publisher inaugurates its "Aviation Classics" series with this 1943 narrative of Jimmy Doolittle's raid on Japan in answer to Pearl Harbor, which Lawson experienced firsthand as a bomber pilot. This edition has twice as many photos as the original, as well as a new introduction by series editor and military historian Peter B. Mersky.
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"The most stirring story of individual heroism that [the war] has so far produced." --NEW YORK TIMES --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Pocket Star (August 1, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743474333
ISBN-13: 978-0743474337
Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.6 x 6.8 inches
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Average Customer Review: 158 customer reviews
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- #786 in Books > History > Military > World War II

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My "aviation" beginning

ByHostmanon March 13, 2014

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I can remember reading this book when I was just a young kid. It was my father's book and once I started reading it, I was hooked. I truly believe that my interest in aviation came from this reading.

After joining the Navy, I was assigned to work in a control tower as an "Air Controlman". Also while in the Navy I leaned to fly and subsequently went to work for the FAA as an "Air Traffic Controller". It was during one of those days while working at the Santa Monica Airport control tower that I'll remember all my life.

It was a Sunday and there was a "fly-in" and airshow going on. Even though it was a Sunday, my tower chief was in attendance and enjoying the show from the tower's vantage point. The chief, knowing that I was a WWII aviation nut, took me aside and said to me "lets take a ride". The tower building was located on the opposite side of the airport's runway from the cities airport office. It was in this location that all the commotion was. Speeches were going on and airplane rides given etc.

The chief and I drove to the airport office and parked the car. After exiting the car we walked towards the airport office. Coming towards us was a very short man with a bald head, very tanned, with a big smile on his face. The three of us stopped together and the tower chief said to me, I want you to meet Jimmy Doolittle. I didn't know what to say, I was in shock. Jimmy Doolittle had been a hero of mine since reading this book. I shook the hand of a true aviation hero with such a long list of accomplishments, including the Tokyo raid. This man had shaken the hands of presidents, kings and just about everyone else of importance, and here I am shaking his.

This meeting had been set up by my tower chief because my true love of aviation and it's history. To think that Jimmy Doolittle would spend his time to even entertain meeting me shows the character of the man.

This is a great book. Ted Lawson did a good job of putting you in the cockpit with him and his crew and experiencing all the pain and suffering during their ordeal to reach safety...

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WWII Classic

ByAmazon Customeron June 6, 2014

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Ted Lawson wanted to be an aeronautical engineer. He also wanted in the late 1930s to be a pilot and that came first. Eventually, as a 1st Lieutenant in the Army Air Force he was captain of what was arguably the best two engine bomber of the war, the B25 Mitchell.

His aircraft, the "Ruptured Duck", was one of 16 planes to take off from the heaving deck of "Shangri La", President Roosevelt's code name for the USS Hornet. Several hours later Lawson and his crew were dropping their bomb load on the city of Tokyo, a small payback for Pearl Harbor.

The movie, starring Van Johnson as Lawson, Spencer Tracy as Jimmy Doolittle who led the raid, Robert Walker as Sergeant Thatcher, and Phyllis Thacker as Ellen Lawson, is remarkably close to the book. The major diversion from the true story was how the film portrayed Lawson's injuries after the plane crashed into the ocean just off the Chinese coast. Van Johnson is shown only with a terrible wound to his leg, resulting later in amputation. In fact when his B25 hit the water Lawson was thrown through the cockpit window. His upper right arm was cut wide open and his face was smashed in. Most of his teeth were knocked out.

The rest of the film is largely faithful to Lawson's book. The performances are all excellent, the photography is top notch, including Navy film of the real Mitchells taking off from the Hornet. Like war films? You can't go wrong with this one.

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Deserving of a Place in History

BySJBon August 20, 2016

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Very good. It definitely has a place in history so that people in the future will know the REAL story from someone who was THERE, rather than the rewritten history we seem to hear more and more of.

The ordeals which some members of the crew of The Ruptured Duck B-25 underwent due to severe injuries, is a testament to the human spirit. I was also amazed by the way the ordinary Chinese people (I got a real kick out of the guy they called 'Johnny Beep-beep'), and later, the missionaries, helped our aircrews out in spite of the threat of death from occupying Japanese troops. This was, of course, pre-Mao, but the threat from the occupying Japanese was every bit as great. Their courage should be honored as well, and deserves to be a part of that history, also.

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Heart warming true story

BySassy and Oliveron April 15, 2014

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This isn't a new book, but it's a classic. If you are interested in WWll true stories, and the brave men behind the war effort, this is a good one. Mission accomplished, over mainland Japan, although not as much damage done as they wanted, the airmen boosted the American Moral after Pearl Harbor, and Bataan. The men in this raid, some of which died, were true heroes. And you find out what happened to them when they crashed landed in China, and in the sea, and one plane flew to Russia. The Japanese did their best to hunt them down in China. They were helped by the Chinese to elude the Japs. Japan later murdered thousands of Chinese for their part in the American's escape. This story should warm your heart.

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Doolittle Raiders

ByJeanne Hon May 28, 2017

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This is the story of the WW2 "Doolittle Raid" on Japan, from the point of view of Ted Lawson, one of the bomber pilots. I thought it was an interesting subject. It was written and published during the war, so there's quite a bit of hiding of secrets and disguising identities, especially among the Chinese. The language used may sound a bit old fashioned and "rah-rah" to the modern reader, but what would you expect from a book written over during a war over 70 years ago.

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Five Stars

Fantastic book

Published 1 month ago by A P

The best Army Air Force book ever. Period.

Read the book as a kid in the '50s, and the re-read was just as exciting as I remember it back then.

Published 1 month ago by Mr Bil

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Published 1 month ago by William J. Bosse

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good book

Published 4 months ago by Rick A.

Waste of money

Really hated this movie - the book is good though

Published 4 months ago by Super Happy

Good read

Greatest generation

Published 7 months ago by Anonymous

The Greatest Generation

This book gives you a good picture of what these men went through and the impact this raid had on the war. Also gives a little insight into the US's evolvement in China...Read more

Published 7 months ago by Tung Choy

Four Stars

Good book

Published 9 months ago by Nave

Five Stars

Great story, a must read for any World War II buff.

Published 9 months ago by Jeff Riedesel

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