![President Franklin Roosevelt presenting the Medal of Honor to Brigadier General James Doolittle for Doolittle’s role in leading a bomber attack on Tokyo one month earlier, White House, Washington DC, United States, 19 May 1942. [Colorized by WW2DB]](/images/ai/20230224/5d5cd1f3b8bb5.jpg)
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| Caption | President Franklin Roosevelt presenting the Medal of Honor to Brigadier General James Doolittle for Doolittle’s role in leading a bomber attack on Tokyo one month earlier, White House, Washington DC, United States, 19 May 1942. [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase | |||||||||||||||||
| Colorization Note | This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors. Processed using Adobe Photoshop Image Processor, with default neural filter, selecting "None" as the profile. View the original black and white photograph at its own permanent page. | |||||||||||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |||||||||||||||||
| Identification Code | 208-PU-52-LL-12 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Photo Size | 2,956 x 2,300 pixels | |||||||||||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Washington DC, United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||||||||||
| Colorized Date | 24 Feb 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Also seen are Lieutenant General Henry “Hap” Arnold, Chief of Army Air Forces, Mrs. Josephine Doolittle, and General George Marshall, Army Chief of Staff.
Doolittle’s Medal of Honor citation reads:
“For conspicuous leadership above the call of duty, involving personal valor and intrepidity at an extreme hazard to life. With the apparent certainty of being forced to land in enemy territory or to perish at sea, General Doolittle personally led a squadron of Army bombers, manned by volunteer crews, in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland.”