BOMBING OF TOKIO
REPETITION ANTICIPATED ON GREATER SCALE. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) DENVER (Colorado), July 15. Sergeant P. J. Leonard, who was Brigadier-General Doolittle’s engineer and gunner during the Tokio raid,, said on the occasion of receiving the Distinguished Service Cross: “The United States can bomb Tokio whenever .it may choose, and wipe out half the city in one raid.” He added, “The first raid was a lot easier than was anticipated. All the participants would like to go back again, and from what I gather we’ll get the opportunity.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 July 1942, Page 3
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89BOMBING OF TOKIO Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 July 1942, Page 3
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