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Jimmy Doolittle: Early Years
James Harold “Jimmy” Doolittle was born in Alameda, California, but spent much of his childhood in western Alaska. His father, Frank, was a gold prospector and carpenter in Nome, where young Jimmy learned to fight bullies and pilot a dogsled. Eventually Rosa and Jimmy Doolittle returned to California, leaving Frank behind.
Did you know? To aid his record-breaking 1922 coast-to-coast flight, U.S. military strategist Jimmy Doolittle invented a funnel-and-tube-based "pilot dehydrator"—possibly the earliest airplane toilet.
Jimmy attended high school in Los Angeles, where he distinguished himself as a gymnast and boxer. He then began courses at the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Mines.
Jimmy Doolittle: First Flights
In 1917 Doolittle became a flying cadet in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He was soon soloing and serving as a flight gunnery instructor. He later requested a transfer to the European theater, but the armistice dashed his dreams of combat.
Instead, Doolittle worked at the Army’s Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas, befo
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Jimmy Doolittle
United States Air Force general and Medal of Honor recipient
James Doolittle | |
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General James Harold Doolittle | |
| Born | (1896-12-14)December 14, 1896 Alameda, California, U.S. |
| Died | September 27, 1993(1993-09-27) (aged 96) Pebble Beach, California, U.S. |
| Buried | Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.) |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service / branch | United States Army (1917–1918) United States Army Air Corps (1918–1941) United States Army Air Force (1941–1947) United States Air Force (1947–1959) |
| Years of service | 1917–1959 |
| Rank | General (Honorary) |
| Commands | Eighth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force Twelfth Air Force |
| Battles / wars | World War I Mexican Border Service World War II |
| Awards | Medal of Honor Army Distinguished Service Medal (2) Silver Star Distinguished Flying Cross (3) Bronze Star Medal Air Medal (4) Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| Spouse(s) | Josephine Daniels (m. ; died ) |
| Children | 2 |
| Other work | Air race pilot, test pilot,
B&C Member Spotlight - General James DoolittleBy PJ DelHomme
After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, aviator James Doolittle led a daring bombing mission over mainland Japan, earning him the Congressional Medal of Honor. When he wasn’t serving his country, Doolittle often could be found hunting big game, his self-professed favorite sport.James Doolittle wasn’t physically a big guy, but he made up for it with sheer determination and guts. His parents moved to California in search of gold in the late 1800s, and little James Harold Doolittle was born there in 1896. Four years later, his father moved the family north to Nome, Alaska, hoping to make it rich there, too. As a five-year-old boy with long curly hair—and the new kid in school—Doolittle had no choice but to fight. “Since my size was against me, I decided my survival could be insured only by a speedy attack right from the start,” he wrote in his autobiography, I Could Never Be So Lucky Again. “I began to blast my opponents with a flurry of punches regardless of the consequences.” His skills at fighting would serve himCopyright ©dewpant.pages.dev 2025 |