Joseph Grew
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Joseph Clark Grew was an American career diplomat and Foreign Service officer. He is best known for his long tenure as United States Ambassador to Japan in the lead-up to Pearl Harbor and for his two
Grew, 1905–1945
Painting of his wife and her sisters, Lilla Cabot Perry, The Trio (Alice, Edith, and, Margaret Perry) by their mother, Lilla Cabot Perry, ca. 1898–1900
Doolittle Raid
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The Doolittle Raid was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital of Tokyo and other places in Honshu during World War II. Launched on April 18, 1942, it was the first American air opera
Joseph Grew
…the attack, all Allied diplomats in Japanese territory, including Grew, were interned. On April 18, 1942, Grew watched US B-25 bombers carry out the Doolittle Raid, bombing Tokyo and other cities after taking off from aircraft carriers in the Pacific. When he realized that the low-flying planes over Tokyo were…
Jimmy Doolittle and his B-25 Mitchell taking off from the USS Hornet for the raid
Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle wires a Japanese friendship medal to a bomb, for "return" to its originators.
A B-25 Mitchell taking off from USS Hornet for the raid
B-25 Mitchells aboard USS Hornet