Jimmy Doolittle
Jimmy Doolittle
James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittlewas an American aviation pioneer. A Reserve officer in the United States Army Air Corps, Doolittle was recalled to active duty during World War II and awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor and leadership as commander of the Doolittle Raid, a bold long-range retaliatory air raid on the Japanese main islands weeks after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. He was eventually promoted to lieutenant general and commanded the Twelfth Air Force over North Africa, the...
war military air
The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm.
military war air
Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from defensive to offsensive, Germany lost the air war. I made that decision and it was my most important decision during World War II. As you can imagine, the bomber crews were upset. The fighter pilots were ecstatic.
war winning air
The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.
both health impossible nowhere
It would have been impossible to evacuate out of town. My grandparents both have health problems, and, financially, they had nowhere to go.
bad coming gulf kept knew storm top
We've kept on top of it, ... We knew with storm after storm coming in the Gulf that a bad one was coming. We just didn't know how bad.
instead neck prepared
If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to so so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.
lucky so-lucky
I could never be so lucky again
country writing stupidity
The country will some day pay for the stupidities of those who were in the majority on this commission. They know as much about the future of aviation as they do about the sign writing of the Aztecs.
flying may germany
Germany may have recovered a flying saucer as early as 1939
extraordinary-person trying world
Just try to make the world a better place for your having been here.
average law lucky
I have been luckier than the law of averages should allow. I could never be so lucky again.
philosophy simple worry
I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about those things you can fix. It you can't fix it, don't worry about it; accept it and do the best you can.
eye luck agility
To become an ace a fighter must have extraordinary eyesight, strength, and agility, a huntsman's eye, coolness in a pinch, calculated recklessness, a full measure of courage and occasional luck!
strong military heart
Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.