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Heroic WWII Doolittle Raiders sip on 117-year-old cognac as they toast for the final time

by Brent McCluskey

The surviving World War II heroes known as the Doolittle Raiders gathered for their final annual toast over Veterans Day weekend at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Ohio. The Doolittle Raiders were a group of 80 servicemen who after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, volunteered for high-risk missions that not […]

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