Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Vaviri vokupedzisira ve'Doolittle Tokyo Raiders' vakapa boka racho menduru yegoridhe yeCongressional kuti iratidzwe zvachose paNational Museum yeUS Air Force musi weMugovera, makore makumi manomwe nematatu pazuva rakatevera kurwiswa kwavo nebhomba kuJapan kwakaunganidza maAmerican muHondo Yenyika II. Retired Lt Col Richard 'Dick' Cole, ane makore 99, akapa menduru kumutungamiriri wemuziyamu mumhemberero yaiitirwa pamuziyamu ichipindwa nevakuru vakuru vemauto nevezvematongerwo enyika nehama dzevatambi vekutanga ve80 Raiders. Menduru yacho, yakapiwa neCongress pakuvamba muvhiki, yakasvika mundege yeB-25 yomutambo. Dzorera pasi kuti uone vhidhiyo. Staff Sgt. David Thacker (kuruboshwe) naLt. Col. Richard Cole (kurudyi) vakapa menduru yeDoolittle panguva yemhemberero. Vokupedzisira veTokyo Doolittle Raiders vakapa Congressional Gold Medal kuNational Museum yeU.S. Air Force. Menduru inokosha, iyo yakapiwa neCongress pakuvamba muvhiki, yakasvika mundege yeB-25 yomutambo. Cole, akaberekerwa muDayton, akanga ari mutungamiriri webasa uye mutyairi wechipiri waJames 'Jimmy' Doolittle pakurwiswa kwakaitwa nebhomba reB-25 iro rakashamisa Japan uye rakasimudza manzwiro evaAmerica pasingasviki mwedzi mishanu pashure pokurwiswa kwePearl Harbor. Mwedzi wapera, Lt Col Robert Hite (ari pamufananidzo), mumwe wevatatu vakanga vasara veTokyo Doolittle Raiders, akafa pashure pokurwisana nechirwere cheAlzheimer pazera remakore 95. Retired Staff Sgt. David Thatcher, 93, akauya achibva kuMissoula, Montana, nokuda kwechiitiko chacho, uye akati menduru yacho yakanga iri yavose 80. Cole akabva kuComfort, Texas. Cole akayeuka nenzira yokutsvinya Mugovera kuti manheru aApril 18, 1942, Thatcher akanga ari pamhenderekedzo muChina achibetsera kuponesa vashandi vake pashure pokuputsika, 'Uye ndakanga ndakarembera muparachuti rangu mumuti.' Cole akabhururuka naDoolittle mundege nhamba 1 ye16 yakatangwa kubva mungarava inotakura ndege. Thatcher akanga ari injiniya-mupfuri ari mundege yechinomwe, yainzi 'The Ruptured Duck,' iyo vashandi vayo vakamhanyira kumhara ndokunzvenga mauto eJapane muChina yakaratidzwa mufirimu rinonzi Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. Thatcher, uyo airatidzwa naRobert Walker mufirimu racho apo Spencer Tracy airatidzira Doolittle, akaseka sezvaairondedzera kuti...
Lt. Col. Richard 'Dick' Cole, 99, akapa menduru yacho kumutungamiriri wemuziyamu yeAir Force. Staff Sgt. David Thatcher, 93, akabva kuMissoula, Montana, nokuda kwechiitiko chacho. Mhemberero makore 73 pazuva chairo pashure pokurova kwavo Japan kwakaunganidza US muWWII. Vakuru vakuru vemauto nevezvematongerwe enyika nehama dzevatambi vokutanga ve80 Raiders vakapinda. Boka racho reCongressional Gold Medal rakasvika mundege yemhemberero yeB-25.