US Navy Lieutenant Stephen Decatur
stephen decatur
He was the Colonel who led and flew the first mission to bomb Japan in World War 2. They were very successful with their mission. He became famous and the raid on Japan became known as Doolittle's Raid. It was a raid that was not without problems but he did earn a promotion!
In the First Barbary War (1801-1805) when William Eaton and First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon led a group of eight Marines and 300 Arab and European mercenaries in an attempt to capture Tripoli. Though they only made it as far as Derna, Tripoli has been immortalized in the Marines Hymn and the Mameluke sword carried by Marine officers.
Edward Preble
Stephen Decatur, Jr.
No, US Navy Lieutenant Stephen Decatur led the raid.
stephen decatur
Stephen Decatur
Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle led 16 bombers on a bombing raid through Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
Lieutenant Colonel James "Jimmy" Doolittle
Stephen Decatur, Jr.
He was the Colonel who led and flew the first mission to bomb Japan in World War 2. They were very successful with their mission. He became famous and the raid on Japan became known as Doolittle's Raid. It was a raid that was not without problems but he did earn a promotion!
Edward Preble
Edward Preble
In the First Barbary War (1801-1805) when William Eaton and First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon led a group of eight Marines and 300 Arab and European mercenaries in an attempt to capture Tripoli. Though they only made it as far as Derna, Tripoli has been immortalized in the Marines Hymn and the Mameluke sword carried by Marine officers.
Edward Preble
Stephen Decatur, Jr.