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Enterprise and Hornet Approach Japan
Enterprise CV-6 (foreground) and Hornet CV-8 approach Japan's Home Islands, April 1942.
Source: William T. Barr

Enterprise CV-6 (foreground) and Hornet CV-8 speed towards Japan's Home Islands to launch the Doolittle Raid on 18 April 1942. The Raid, carried out by 16 Army Air Force B-25 bombers, precipitated the Battle of Midway which took place just seven weeks later.


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