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Japanese Navy auxiliary picket boat Nitto Maru No. 23 burning, 18 Apr 1942	Japanese-American members of the Shibuya family posing for a family portrait shortly prior to being forcibly evacuated from their home, Mountain View, California, United States, 18 Apr 1942	Map noting American carrier operations, 7 Dec 1941-18 Apr 1942	Nashville firing upon Nitto Maru, early on 18 Apr 1942

US B-25 taking off from USS Hornet for the Doolittle Raid, 18 Apr 1942	Wreckage of Major General James Doolittle's B-25 Mitchell bomber in China, 18 Apr 1942	Yorktown-class aircraft carriers Hornet (near) and Enterprise (far) as seen from the cruiser USS Salt Lake City shortly after Hornet launched the Doolittle Raid against Japan, 18 Apr 1942.	British and Chinese troops on a British M3 Stuart tank after Chinese troops relieved 7,000 British troops who had been surrounded by the Japanese in the Battle of Yenangyaung, Burma (now Myanmar), 19 Apr 1942

Cleaning up after Doolittle Raid, Nagoya, Japan, Apr 1942	Commanding officer Liu Fangwu of the Chinese 113th Regiment. This regiment freed over 7,000 British troops, US missionaries, and US journalists in the Battle of Yenangyaung, Burma (now Myanmar), 19 Apr 1942	Doolittle raider Robert Hite in Japanese captivity, Japan, Apr 1942	Doolittle raiders SSgt. F. A. Braemer, SSgt. P. J. Leonard, 1Lt. R. E. Cole, LtCol. James Doolittle, and 1Lt. H. A. Potter in Zhejiang Province, China, circa 19 Apr 1942

US incendiary bombs dropped by Doolittle Raiders that failed to explode, Nagoya, Japan, Apr 1942	Chinese troops evacuating downed Doolittle Raiders, somewhere in the coastal regions of China, Apr 1942	Doolittle Raiders Crew #2 in China pose with some of the Chinese Nationals who helped them evade the Japanese, late April 1942	Doolittle raiders Sgt Edward Saylor, Lt Thomas Robert White, Lt Don Smith, Lt Griffith Williams, and Lt Howard Sessler with local civilian and military leaders in Sanmen County, Zhejiang Province, China, 23 Apr 1942

Doolittle raiders Sgt Edward Saylor, Lt Thomas Robert White, Lt Don Smith, Lt Griffith Williams, and Lt Howard Sessler with the people of Sanmen County, Zhejiang Province, China, 23 Apr 1942	Front page of the Tribune newspaper of Manila, Philippines with headline of the fall of Bataan, 24 Apr 1942	A crowd of onlookers on the first day of evacuation of Japanese residents of San Francisco, California, United States, who themselves would be sent to internment camps within three days, 25 Apr 1942	A wounded Doolittle raider lying in a cot, surrounded by John Hilger and Chinese military presonnel, China, Apr 1942