Please join us for a presentation about the Doolittle Raid at 1 pm in the Wardroom on the 2nd deck.
5 months after the attack at Pearl Harbor, the United States wanted to strike back against Japan. Japan was winning victory after victory across the Pacific and something was needed to raise morale. An idea was born-put Air Force bombers on an aircraft carrier, steam near enough to Japan to launch them to bomb military targets on the Japanese home islands. The bombers would fly on to China while the ships would return to Pearl Harbor.
We will talk about the raid, the role the USS Hornet CV-8 played in it (as well as the other ships) and the aftermath. If you are interested in hearing more about this historic raid that started right here from Alameda Naval Air Station in 1942, then please join us!
Normal museum admission fee gets you into this special presentation for free.
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5 months after the attack at Pearl Harbor, the United States wanted to strike back against Japan. Japan was winning victory after victory across the Pacific and something was needed to raise morale. An idea was born-put Air Force bombers on an aircraft carrier, steam near enough to Japan to launch them to bomb military targets on the Japanese home islands. The bombers would fly on to China while the ships would return to Pearl Harbor.
We will talk about the raid, the role the USS Hornet CV-8 played in it (as well as the other ships) and the aftermath. If you are interested in hearing more about this historic raid that started right here from Alameda Naval Air Station in 1942, then please join us!
Normal museum admission fee gets you into this special presentation for free.
Please join us for a presentation about the Doolittle Raid at 1 pm in the Wardroom on the 2nd deck.
5 months after the attack at Pearl Harbor, the United States wanted to strike back against Japan. Japan was winning victory after victory across the Pacific and something was needed to raise morale. An idea was born-put Air Force bombers on an aircraft carrier, steam near enough to Japan to launch them to bomb military targets on the Japanese home islands. The bombers would fly on to China while the ships would return to Pearl Harbor.
We will talk about the raid, the role the USS Hornet CV-8 played in it (as well as the other ships) and the aftermath. If you are interested in hearing more about this historic raid that started right here from Alameda Naval Air Station in 1942, then please join us!
Normal museum admission fee gets you into this special presentation for free.
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5 months after the attack at Pearl Harbor, the United States wanted to strike back against Japan. Japan was winning victory after victory across the Pacific and something was needed to raise morale. An idea was born-put Air Force bombers on an aircraft carrier, steam near enough to Japan to launch them to bomb military targets on the Japanese home islands. The bombers would fly on to China while the ships would return to Pearl Harbor.
We will talk about the raid, the role the USS Hornet CV-8 played in it (as well as the other ships) and the aftermath. If you are interested in hearing more about this historic raid that started right here from Alameda Naval Air Station in 1942, then please join us!
Normal museum admission fee gets you into this special presentation for free.
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