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The life of James H. Doolittle
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Recieved Degree of Engineering
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First to complete cross-country flight
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Won the Schneider Cup Race
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First to complete an outside loop
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First to complete a successful blind takeoff and landing using instruments alone
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Influenced Shell Oil Company to produce High Octane fuel
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Won the Bendix Trophy
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Set the world’s high-speed record for land planes
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World War II begins
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Pearl Harbor hit and U.S. joins war
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Doolittle Raid on Tokyo
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Earned Congressional Medal of Honor
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Received first Distinguished Service Medal from General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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World War II ends
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Received the Tony Janus Award