Remembering the Doolittle Raid, April 18, 1942 (80 Years Ago)

Radio intelligence (RI) gave Admiral William “Bull” Halsey, Commander Task Force 16.1 aboard the USS Enterprise (CV 6) indications and warning to lunch 16 B-25 bombers from USS Hornet (CV 8) 750 miles from Tokyo on April 18, 1942.

Known as the Doolittle Raid, this was the first U.S. air raid to strike the Japanese home islands during WWII. Below is the after action report from the RI unit onboard USS Enterprise TAD from Wahiawa Hawaii.