Thatcher and Cole became the last surviving Raiders after Ed Saylor and Bob Hite died in January and March of 2015. Saylor lived in the Seattle area but grew up in Brusett, Montana, near Jordan.

Richard E. Cole, who was Jimmy Doolittle’s co-pilot in the lead plane of a storied mission in the history of American air power, the bombing raid on Japan in retaliation for its attack on Pearl Harbor ...

Richard E. Cole, who was Jimmy Doolittle’s co-pilot in the lead plane of a storied mission in the history of American air power, the bombing raid on Japan in retaliation for its attack on Pearl ...

More Calling the final toast of the Doolittle Raiders "an extraordinary event," Kendall said the intrepid airmen, under the leadership of then-Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, created a legacy that ...

The Doolittle Raid was a 1942 bombing operation against Japan's capital, in retribution for the Pearl Harbor attack.

America wanted to strike back hard to tell Japan that America would not be defeated. In spring 1942, America got that chance with Doolittle’s Raid, a feat helped in part by a number of Texas ...

In spring 1942, America got that chance with Doolittle’s Raid, a feat helped in part by Arkansan Robert Hite. Hite was the son of cotton farmers in Texas in 1920.

In spring 1942, America got that chance with Doolittle’s Raid, a feat helped in part by Arkansan Robert Hite. Hite was the son of cotton farmers in Texas in 1920.

In 1955, Hite moved his family to Arkansas where he took a job as manager of a hotel. Here in 1961, he hosted a convention of Doolittle Raid veterans.