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Thread: U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” E. Cole

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    U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” E. Cole

    RIP Sir

    The last of the Doolittle Raiders

    On April 18, 1942, Cole was mission commander Jimmy Doolittle’s co-pilot in the U.S. attack on Japan less than five months after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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    As written of elsewhere, here's an interview with Col. Cole......

    And he was present at the dedication of the new North American Raider...Thanks for your service, and your sacrifice Colonel......Ben
    The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...

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    He is a class act as an American hero.

    Hunter
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