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Lt. Col. (ret.) Richard “Dick” Cole assisted in dedicating the newly remodeled Doolittle Raider’s exhibit July 30, 2016 at the U.S. Air Force Armament Museum on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
Cole, 100, is the final surviving member of the Doolittle Raiders who completed America’s first air raid April 18, 1942, on the Japanese mainland after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
The Doolittle Raiders trained at the then Eglin Field, before loading 16 B-25s onto the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. After ditching their aircraft and successfully evading capture, Cole was escorted to safety by Chinese nationalists. He later returned to the China-Burma-India Theater to fly dangerous supply missions over the Himalaya Mountains until April 1943.
It was after that when Cole was asked to be one of the founding members of the 1st ACG as a pilot and engineering officer. He flew 200 soldiers into Burma as part of the 319th Special Operations Squadron, taking part in the first U.S. invasion into enemy territory and the first night time heave glider assault landing.
| Date Taken: | 07.30.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 08.02.2016 09:38 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 477442 |
| VIRIN: | 160730-F-EH471-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_103523149 |
| Length: | 00:01:32 |
| Location: | US |
| Downloads: | 15 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 15 |
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