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Doolittle was awarded the Medal of Honor for accomplishing this mission which is viewed by historians as a major public relations victory for the United States.
Doolittle was also a legendary airplane pilot who performed many dare devil tricks, all of which had mixed results but none of which were fatal.
Doolittle died in California and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Doolittle was a true renaissance man of aviation, a daredevil aviator and racing pilot, an aviation executive, a military commander, a scientist, and a presidential advisor.
Doolittle's plan was to move to within 450 miles (724 kilometers) of the coast, but a radio-equipped Japanese fishing boat discovered the task force, forcing Doolittle and his men to launch earlier than planned.
Doolittle took one look at the picture of the large, odd-looking seaplane and identified it as a "wing-in-ground effect" vehicle, a type of airplane that stayed close to the surface, riding on the cushion of air that built up between its wing and the ground.
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