by James Young (signed)
A signed and numbered print titled "North American B-25B Mitchell." The printed note below the title reads: "Taking off from the deck of U.S.S. Hornet to attack Tokyo, 18th April 1942." The scene depicted is the launch of the Doolittle Raid, a United States Air Force attack against four major Japanese cities during World War II. All but one of the planes involved in the attack crashed in China, and several men were killed or captured. However, the mission proved that Japan was vulnerable to air attack from the United States military, and therefore meaningfully boosted American morale. The print is signed by then-Lt. General James H. Doolittle (1896-1993), (truncated)