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:05:01
will certainly approve
your operation M-l.

:05:10
Lieutenant-Colonel Doolittle
led the raid with a force of 16 B-25s

:05:15
and an all-volunteer crew of airmen.
:05:18
Most of the planes carried
500-pound demolition bombs

:05:22
and single incendiary clusters,
:05:24
which were dropped on oil stores,
factories and military sites in Tokyo.

:05:30
A few planes made minor strikes
on Kobe, Yokohama and Nagoya,

:05:34
with one bomb hitting
the Japanese carrier Ryuko.

:05:38
News of this raid has improved
American and allied morale,

:05:43
while at the same time constituting
a blow to Japanese prestige.

:05:56
Thanks, Sir.
:06:01
At his press conference today,
President Roosevelt was asked:

:06:06
""Can you tell us, where did
those planes start from and go to?""

:06:13
He replied:
""Yes, the time has come to tell you.

:06:16
They came from our new
secret base at Shangri-la...""

:06:21
Well, my God, it's Captain Garth!
:06:23
I was expecting some junior officer.
This is an unexpected honor!

:06:28
Yeah, like hell it is, Joe!
:06:30
Admiral Nimitz sent me over to...
- To chew my ass off, huh?.

:06:35
Officially, I'm supposed to question
your estimate of Japanese intentions.

:06:40
Why so grim, Matt?. Doolittle's attack
should've thrilled you CinCPAC people.

:06:45
Not by a long shot.
That damn raid could boomerang on us.

:06:49
We only got 4 carriers
in the Pacific. We need to rebuild.

:06:53
Now the boss is afraid Yamamoto's
going to jump back at us. But where?.

:06:59
We got the latest intercepts here.

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