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  Doolittle Raid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Doolittle Raid proved that the Japanese home islands were vulnerable to American retaliation for Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
Subsequent calculations by Doolittle indicated that the B-25 Mitchell could be launched from a carrier with a reasonable bomb load, hit military targets in Japan, and fly on to land in China.
Immediately following the raid, Jimmy Doolittle told his crew that he believed the loss of all 16 aircraft, coupled with the relatively minor damage the planes had inflicted on their targets, had rendered the attack a failure, and that he expected a court martial upon his return to the United States.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doolittle_Raid   (2987 words)

  
 Jimmy Doolittle Annals @ AlienArtifacts.com (Alien Artifacts)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Doolittle was born in Alameda, California, and spent his youth in Nome, Alaska where he earned a reputation as a boxer.
Doolittle resigned his regular commission Feb. 15, 1930 and was commissioned a major in the Specialist Reserve Corps a month later, being named manager of the Aviation Department of the Shell Oil Company, in which capacity he conducted numerous aviation tests.
Doolittle died in California in 1993, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, near Washington, DC.
www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Jimmy_Doolittle   (2289 words)

  
 Doolittle (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doolittle is the Pixies' second LP album, released in April 1989 through the 4AD label (green-brown cover).
Often regarded as the band's pop album, Doolittle's sound is much cleaner than that of its predecessor, Surfer Rosa, largely due to the introduction of producer Gil Norton, and showcased the slightly more mainstream sound the band had hinted at with their first single "Gigantic".
Despite this however, the subject matter of much of the album is as dark and obscure as anything the Pixies had released previously, with songs about Biblical rape and torture, death, deprivation, and, perhaps most memorably, both the spooning and slicing of human eyeballs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doolittle_(album)   (494 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Jimmy Doolittle
Doolittle trained at the University of California School of Military Aeronautics at Rockwell Field, California, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Signal Corps' Aviation Section on March 11, 1918.
Doolittle was portrayed by Spencer Tracy in the 1944 film Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo and by Alec Baldwin in the 2001 film Pearl Harbor, in which the Doolittle raid was included.
Doolittle was awarded the Medal of Honor for accomplishing this mission, which is viewed by historians as a major public-relations victory for the United States.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jimmy-Doolittle   (5142 words)

  
 James H. "Jimmie" Doolittle -- Outstanding Man of Aviation
Doolittle was a true renaissance man of aviation, a daredevil aviator and racing pilot, an aviation executive, a military commander, a scientist, and a presidential advisor.
Doolittle's plan was to move to within 450 miles (724 kilometers) of the coast, but a radio-equipped Japanese fishing boat discovered the task force, forcing Doolittle and his men to launch earlier than planned.
Doolittle took one look at the picture of the large, odd-looking seaplane and identified it as a "wing-in-ground effect" vehicle, a type of airplane that stayed close to the surface, riding on the cushion of air that built up between its wing and the ground.
www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/doolittle/EX18.htm   (1701 words)

  
 Air Power:Jimmy Doolittle — Aviation Star
Doolittle was an amateur boxer studying mining in college when he quit to join the Air Service during World War I. He was taught to fly and spent the war as an instructor.
Doolittle might have been able to fly anything that had wings, but he was happy to walk away from the Gee Bee, calling it the most dangerous plane he had ever flown.
Doolittle was advanced two grades to brigadier general the day after the raid and also received the Medal of Honor.
www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Air_Power/doolittle/AP17.htm   (1299 words)

  
 Doolittle defends relationship with lobbyist, welcomes inquiry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Doolittle also criticized ethics reforms being proposed by fellow Republican leaders in the House, saying they are being done for the sake of appearances.
Doolittle disputed reports, including by The Associated Press, that he is among the handful of lawmakers whose ties to Abramoff are being examined by federal investigators.
Doolittle, 55, is a conservative in his eighth term representing a rural district north and east of Sacramento.
sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/01/23/state/n173731S55.DTL   (626 words)

  
 Doolittle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doolittle is the Pixies' second full-length album, released in March 1989.
Eliza Doolittle, a fictional young street vendor of flowers, is the title character of the play Pygmalion and of the musical comedy My Fair Lady (and several films versions of each of them); her father, Alfred Doolittle, a navvy (or unskilled laborer), is also a character in these.
General Jimmy Doolittle (James Harold Doolittle) commanded (as a colonel) the 1942 Doolittle Raid, bombing Tokyo less than five months after the Attack on Pearl Harbor that marked the United States' official entrance into World War II.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doolittle   (251 words)

  
 Jimmy Doolittle: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The doolittle raid was a bomber raid launched by the united states on the japanese mainland on april 18, 1942....
Doolittle helped influence Shell Oil[Click link for more facts about this topic] to produce the first quantities of 100 octane[Click link for more facts about this topic] aviation gasoline.
Doolittle resigned his regular commission Feb. 15, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ji/jimmy_doolittle.htm   (3566 words)

  
 Dems hope Charlie Brown can beat Doolittle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Doolittle’s name has surfaced as one of several lawmakers who could be implicated in the scandal.
Doolittle ascended to the ranks of the House GOP leadership partly because of his close relationship to Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), the former majority leader and a close friend of Abramoff.
Doolittle says he has done nothing wrong and recently sent a letter to the Justice Department asking to be investigated.
www.hillnews.com /thehill/export/TheHill/News/Campaign/012506_dems.html   (755 words)

  
 The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders - R.O. Joyce Memorial Site
The Doolittle Raiders were the first and last to fly land-based bombers from a carrier deck on a combat mission and first to use new cruise control techniques in attacking a distant target.
The special camera recording apparatus developed at Colonel Doolittle's request was adopted by the AAF and the crew recommendations concerning armament, tactics and equipment were used as the basis for later improvements.
Doolittle was promoted to full general in 1985 by special act of Congress.
www.doolittleraider.com   (1898 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Jimmy Doolittle
James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was a United States Army general who fought in World War II, and was the commander of the famous Doolittle Raid.
Following this, Doolittle was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree by the University of California, even though he had never finished his studies after leaving the university to enlist during World War I. In July 1923, after serving as a test pilot and aeronautical engineer at McCook Field, Doolittle entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Doolittle died in California and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Jimmy_Doolittle   (1678 words)

  
 The GOP Auction House: John Doolittle of California
Doolittle voted against allowing millions of Americans to save their hard-earned dollars on prescription drugs by re-importing them from Canada, even though these were U.S. made and patient safety was ensured.
Doolittle voted to continue awarding contracts to Halliburton even if the Pentagon's own audit processes found that more than $100 million of their contractor's costs in Iraq were unreasonable.
Doolittle opposed expanding access to the military's TRICARE health insurance program to thousands of Reservist and National Guard members, even though 20 percent of all Reservists do not have health insurance, and 40 percent of Reservists aged 19 to 35 lack health coverage.
www.dccc.org /houseofscandal/members/JohnDoolittleCA-4.html   (803 words)

  
 The James H. Doolittle Library
Established in 1963 on the Austin campus, the Collection outgrew allotted space, and in 1978 was moved to larger quarters in the newly-constructed McDermott Library at The University of Texas at Dallas.
In addition to the Doolittle Library,The CAT-Air America Archives, established in 1985, are the official depository of the surviving CAT and Air America airmen's historical records.
Doolittle's autobiography published in 1991, I Could Never be so Lucky Again, recalls all of his unprecedented accomplishments as if they were anything but extraordinary, merely a subject for factual reporting.
www.utdallas.edu /library/collections/speccoll/hac/doolittle/jdlttl.html?ref=www.texasmilitarymuseums.org   (961 words)

  
 UVa's Sean Doolittle Named To Baseball America's 2005 All-Freshman Team :: Doolittle tabbed a First Team Freshman ...
Doolittle started 59 of the 60 games he appeared in during the 2005 season and batted.313 (second on the team) with 70 hits, 57 RBI and 36 runs.
Doolittle's 70 hits, 57 RBI,.522 slugging percentage and 117 total bases were second on the team to only teammate Ryan Zimmerman - who was recently drafted as the #4 overall draft pick in the first round of the 2005 MLB Draft by the Washington Nationals.
Doolittle is currently competing in the 2005 USA Baseball National Team Trials in Raleigh, N.C. at Doak Field on the campus of North Carolina State University.
virginiasports.cstv.com /sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/062905aaa.html   (456 words)

  
 James H. Doolittle
Doolittle and his crews secretly practiced short take-offs from the Glenn County Airport in Willows to simulate the short 500 foot aircraft carrier flight deck.
Doolittle bailed out of his B-25 over China, and his plane crashed, so the photo of his B-25 could not have been taken after the raid.
Doolittle has seen a photograph of his portrait and thinks it is a fine likeness.
www.earlyaviators.com /edooljim.htm   (1028 words)

  
 Auburn Journal : Top Stories
For Doolittle's home district, which is based around growing South Placer, his influence as a powerful Republican lawmaker has reaped funding for local projects, including tens of millions of dollars for transportation improvements, a sorely needed wastewater treatment system, and Auburn projects like the park preserve and performing arts center.
Doolittle, through spokesmen, adamantly downplays the links to politicians and lobbyists who are either under investigation by a grand jury or the Justice Department or, in the case of Cunningham, has already pleaded guilty to corruption-related charges.
While Doolittle is getting attention from the Post, an NBC television report last week concentrating on the possibility of a plea bargain with Abramoff and the Justice Department stated Rep. Robert Ney, R-Ohio, was the focus of a related bribery investigation.
auburnjournal.com /articles/2005/12/26/news/top_stories/01doolittle.txt   (1922 words)

  
 Dump Doolittle
Re "Cheney to pass the hat for Doolittle," May 11: The question not asked by The Bee of Rep. John Doolittle's staff about the campaign fundraising event is whether Julie Doolittle will collect her 15 percent fundraising commission on the $250,000 already collected for the event plus additional contributions.
Doolittle and the Pombo Mambo with the CNMI
Doolittle's campaign has started a letter writing effort to all the Gold Country Media newspapers to try and discredit articles they have done that were critical of Doolittle and also trying to smear the Washington Post as a mouth-piece of the Democrats.
solongjohn.blogspot.com   (2467 words)

  
 Medal of Honor Recipients on Film: James H. Doolittle
Doolittle led a special strike force of sixteen B-25 Mitchell medium bombers launched from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (a feat for which neither the bombers nor the carrier were designed) to strike the Japanese mainland in retaliation for Pearl Harbor.
Doolittle was a flight instructor during the First World War, and remained in the reserves while attaining his Masters and PhD in aeronautical engineering at MIT and then flying for the aviation division of Shell Oil.
Although the film dwelt heavily on Lawson's relationship with his wife, Spencer Tracy's Doolittle was a major character in the film and it did cover the preparations, raid and aftermath with as much detail and accuracy as could be given considering that the war was still going on at the time.
www.users.voicenet.com /~lpadilla/doolittle.html   (607 words)

  
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Embattled Rep. John Doolittle, R-Roseville, announced his bid for re-election Thursday in Auburn, seeking a ninth term in office despite heavy recent scrutiny for his alleged role in the case against disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Doolittle made the announcement official during a noon-hour rally in front of a crowd of enthusiastic supporters at the Auburn Airport.
Doolittle, 55, has been under close scrutiny since the summer of 2004, when Justice Department investigators, looking into his connection to Abramoff, subpoenaed his business records.
www.news10.net /storyfull2.aspx?storyid=16110   (381 words)

  
 Edward G Doolittle's Home Page
Doolittles of America, Inc. was organized in the 1930's in
Our goal is to preserve our rich Doolittle family heritage by collecting family history and sharing this history with family members.
To become a member of this organization one must be a descendant of Abraham Doolittle of Wallingford, CT.
members.cox.net /edoolittle2   (77 words)

  
 Welcome to Doolittle Trailers Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Doolittle Trailers are "Above the Rest" leading the industry in innovative and quality features that you can't find anywhere else.
You can choose utility trailers from Doolittle Trailer's in a wide variety of sizes and widths, when it comes to strength, durability, and quality that are "Above the Rest" look no further.
As the name implies, the Xtreme trailer by Doolittle, is an awesome top of the line utility trailer, packed full of standard features and quality craftsmanship that makes the Xtreme a unique and top selling trailer in the industry.
www.doolittletrailers.com   (300 words)

  
 The Doolittle Tokyo Raid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Doolittle, the commander of the Tokyo Raid, are from an interview done in 1980.
Doolittle then considered what to do if the task force was spotted by the Japanese.
We were to go bomb our targets, turn in a general southerly direction, get out to sea as quickly as possible, and after being out of sight of land, turn and take a westerly course to China.
www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/features/trvideo.htm   (816 words)

  
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There were four conditions to the interview: Sullivan could ask anything he wanted, Doolittle would not see the questions in advance, the show was not to be edited, but the congressman or his attorneys would have the right to prevent the taped interview from broadcast if they so chose.
As for the interview with Sullivan, Doolittle said his best estimate of contributions is $4,000 from Abramoff and $50,000 from the lobbyist's clients.
Doolittle represents to the 4th Congressional District encompassing Roseville, Rocklin, Auburn and south Placer County.
www.news10.net /storyfull2.aspx?storyid=15514   (590 words)

  
 James H.("Jimmy") Doolittle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Doolittle was one of the pioneers of instrument flying and of advanced technology, while also being an outstanding combat leader, commanding the Twelfth, Fifteenth, and Eighth Air Forces during World War II.
Yet no one has addressed the issue of Doolittle's beliefs on the proper employment of airpower other than to simply state that it should not be used as a tactical weapon.
Surely, Doolittle must have held some strong ideas on what German target system was most important and vulnerable to Allied attack.
www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/cc/doo.html   (362 words)

  
 Doolittle Personals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Doolittle becomes one of 51 candidates for the national Player of the Year award jointly sponsored by Gatorade and...
Doolittle was elected in 1990 when the state's 4th Congressional District, stretching from...
When Jim Doolittle worked on the Farm Winery Act more than 25 years ago, he didn't know he was helping to create...
www.adatingagency.co.uk /personals/datingindex7929.html   (456 words)

  
 WDRCOBG.COM: Franklin Malcolm Doolittle (1/5/06)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Doolittle's career and influence were remarkable - a true broadcast pioneer, especially in the development of Frequency Modulation (FM).
Doolittle repeated the information into his homemade microphone.
Doolittle Radio Corporation applied for a federal license for a "limited commercial land radio station" based at 817 Chapel Street in New Haven.
www.wdrcobg.com /doolittle.html   (714 words)

  
 Representative John T. Doolittle
WASHINGTON, D.C. House Republican Conference Secretary John T. Doolittle (R-Roseville) announced today that the House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee has approved over $187 million for water conservation, flood control, and watershed restoration projects throughout Northern California in the Fiscal Year 2007 (FY07) Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill.
Included in the measure is $3 million to fund a feasibility study for a multipurpose dam on the American River at Auburn and $1 million to assess the feasibility of relocating Highway 49 where it crosses the American River between Auburn and Cool, California.
I am especially gratified that the committee supports my efforts to push forward solutions to both our region’s short-term and long-term flood protection needs,” said Doolittle, who is vice chairman of the committee.
www.house.gov /doolittle   (721 words)

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