Original U.S. Brigadier General James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle - Framed Inscribed Signed Photograph Category_Snider Rifle Parts the 23d Fighter Group engaged

the 23d Fighter Group engaged three successive waves of enemy aircraft and promptly recorded the destruction of five enemy aircraft with no losses to itself

there were a few made by private contractors

and 6 overseas service bars on left sleeve indicating 36+ months of overseas service

Gilt brass crossguard illustrates a spread-winged eagle "bird of prey" on both sides and sits tight against the adjoining ferrule

When the Army abandoned battle groups for brigades and battalions

Original U.S. Brigadier General James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle - Framed Inscribed Signed Photograph Category_Snider Rifle Parts the 23d Fighter Group engagedOriginal Item: One of a kind. Framed, inscribed and signed photograph of General Doolittle. The inscription reads: To Ron Wacker, With every good wish. J. H. Doolittle. Frame measures 13 1 2" by 15 1 2". The Mission: On April 18, 1942, sixteen Army Air Force medium bombers took off from the deck of the Navy carrier USS Hornet. Led by Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, their mission was to bomb the industrial areas in five major cities of Japan to