1944 WW II newspaper JIMMY DOOLTTLE'S TOKYO RAIDERS ESCAPE from RUSSIA to Iran

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1944 WW II newspaper with a long and detailed inside-page headline report announcing that
JIMMY DOOLITTLE'S
TOKYO RAIDERS ESCAPE from RUSSIA, driving across the border into Iran -
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SEE PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the
_Stars & Stripes_
(Printed in Occupied Italy) dated December 5, 1944, with fantastic Jimmy Doolittle and WWII Aviation history!
Perfect for framing and display, this historic piece would make A COMPELLING addition to any fine WW II AVIATION collection.
J
ames Harold Doolittle
was an American General and aviation pioneer. He made early coast-to-coast flights, earned a doctorate from M.I.T. in aeronautics, won many flying races and most significantly, helped develop instrument flying.
A flying instructor during World War I and later a Reserve officer in the United States Army Air Corps, Doolittle was recalled to active duty during World War II. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for personal valor and leadership as commander of the Doolittle Raid, a bold long-range retaliatory air raid on the Japanese main islands, on April 18, 1942, four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The attack was a major morale booster for the United States, and Doolittle was celebrated as a hero.
He was eventually promoted to Lieutenant general and commanded the Twelfth Air Force over North Africa, the Fifteenth Air Force over the Mediterranean, and the Eighth Air Force over Europe. After WWII he left the Air Force but remained active in many technical fields, and was eventually promoted to general (4-star) years after retirement.
In World War II, the newspaper was printed in several editions in several operating theaters. Again, both newspapermen in uniform and young soldiers, some of whom would later become important journalists, filled the staffs and showed zeal and talent in publishing and delivering the paper on time. Some of the editions were assembled and printed very close to the front in order to get the latest information to the most troops. Also, during the war, the newspaper published the 53-book series G.I. Stories.
The newspaper is the main printed source of news at the installations in Europe and Mideast and East Asia. Stars and Stripes has expanded to an average of 40–48 pages each day and is still published in tabloid format, reminiscent of many British dailies. The newspaper employs civilian reporters, and U.S. military senior noncommissioned officers as reporters, at a number of locations around the world.
After Bill Mauldin did his popular "Willie and Joe" cartoons for the WWII Stars and Stripes, he returned home for a successful career as an editorial cartoonist and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Former Stars and Stripes staffers also include 60 Minutes’ Andy Rooney and Steve Kroft, songwriter and author Shel Silverstein, comic book illustrator Tom Sutton, author and television news correspondent Tony Zappone, cartoonist Vernon Grant (A Monster Is Loose in Tokyo), Hollywood photographer Phil Stern and the late stock market reporter and host of public television's Wall Street Week, Louis Rukeyser
.
Good condition.
This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper.
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