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CIVIL WAR'S MOST RUTHLESS KILLER! You WON'T BELIEVE What He Did [True Crime Documentary]
Mar 22, 2025
The Civil War wasn't just fought on battlefields. Meet William "Bloody Bill" Anderson - a MURDEROUS guerrilla who RIVALED Quantrill in brutality! This documentary dives into Anderson's reign of terror, from the Lawrence Massacre to the Centralia Train Robbery. **WARNING: Graphic details** ⚠️ *Keywords:* Civil War, True Crime, Documentary, Murder, Guerrilla Warfare, William Anderson, Quantrill, Lawrence Massacre, Centralia Train Robbery CIVIL WAR'S MOST RUTHLESS KILLER! You WON'T BELIEVE What He Did [True Crime Documentary] *Call to action:* * Like & Subscribe for more gripping historical true crime! * Share with your friends who love history & crime. * Visit our Link in Bio for a chance to WIN a True Crime T-Shirt & Signed Books!
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after the attack on Pearl Harbor the
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United States was eager to retaliate and
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demonstrate its military prowess
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President Franklin D Rosevelt approved a
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bold plan to bomb Tokyo aiming to show
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Japan the extensive reach of the US
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military on April 18th 1942 this plan
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was executed when 16 B25 Mitchell medium
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bombers were launched from the aircraft
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carrier USS Hornet several hundred miles
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from the Japanese Mainland each plane
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was stripped of armament and most
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fixtures to carry more fuel and bombs
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preparing the crew for what was believed
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to be a one-way Mission led by
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Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy dittle each
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aircraft dropped one ton of Bombs Over
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Tokyo and other targets while the
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physical damage from The Raid was
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minimal the psychological impact on
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Japan was profound the Japanese
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government had assured its citizens that
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the home Islands were invulnerable to
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enemy attacks the successful penetration
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of Japanese airspace and the bombing
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near the Imperial Palace caused
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significant embarrassment and a loss of
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face the doitt raid highlighted Japan's
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vulnerability even in Tokyo which was
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largely constructed of wood it
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underscored how easily Japan's
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infrastructure and economy could be
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devastated by air power in response
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harsh new laws were enacted treating
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captured American Flyers as war
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criminals reflecting Japan's heightened
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sense of threat and urgency despite
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their diplomats having signed the 19
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1929 Geneva Convention the Japanese
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government refused to ratify it making
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survival for Allied air crew shot down
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over Japanese occupied territory slim at
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best the Japanese believed that harsh
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treatment of captured Allied Airmen
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would deter bombing raids thinking that
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the Allied Nations highly valued the
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lives and treatment of their men
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although this was true Japan's illegal
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treatment of prisoners did not stop
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British American Australian Dutch and
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New Zealand aircraft from attacking
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targets AC Ross the Empire the ditt
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raids Plan called for the bombers to fly
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1,200 Mi across the East China Sea to
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Friendly air bases in Chinese controlled
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territory after striking Tokyo however
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many planes ran out of fuel and crashed
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in Japanese controlled areas 64 American
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Airmen bailed out over cyang in Eastern
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China eight were captured and turned
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over to the ketai the Japanese military
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police the rest escaped to Freedom with
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the help of Chinese gorillas and one B25
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landed in the Soviet Union where the
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aircraft and crew were ined for the
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duration of the war the eight Americans
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captured in chyang were brutally
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tortured by the Furious Kee Thai the
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decision was made at the highest levels
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to harshly punish all Allied Airmen who
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attacked Japanese Targets on August 13th
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1942 Japan hastily enacted a new law
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making Air Raids on any Japanese
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controlled territory a grave defense the
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Japanese government declared that
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captured Allied Airmen would be denied
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prisoner of war status and instead face
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military Court Marshals as war criminals
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the Japanese order stated Death Shall be
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the military punishment to be carried
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out by shooting while mitigating
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circumstances sometimes resulted in
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severe imprisonment instead of execution
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these conditions were marked by extreme
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cruelty notably the Japanese overlooked
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their own history of air attacks on
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populated areas such as the 1932 bombing
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of Shanghai by Japanese Navy Sea planes
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which killed thousands of civilians the
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new regulation violated international
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law by sentencing Airmen to death for
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targeting industrial sites crucial to
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the Japanese war effort contrary to the
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expected treatment of captured enemy
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Personnel predictably the kempe Thai
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tortured captured Airmen conducted sham
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Court Marshals and executed them in what
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resembled Revenge killing
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three of Doolittle's men met this fate
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being court marshaled and shot as war
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criminals by the Japanese the kempe ti
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brutality escalated further in one of
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the largest war crimes in history
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Japanese forces massacred inhabitants
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and raised any Village or town in cyang
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and kangu provinces suspected of
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harboring downed American Flyers by mid
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August 1942 these atrocities resulted in
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the deaths of a quarter of a million men
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women and children
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this horrifying toll was the consequence
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of a propaganda attack on the Japanese
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Mainland that yielded minimal military
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results on July 28th
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1942 General shun rokua commander of the
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China expeditionary Army ordered that
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all USC General Shoku hat commander of
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the China expeditionary Army ordered
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that all us Airmen currently held in
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Japanese custody be put on trial as war
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criminals this retroactive order
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targeted those already imprisoned in
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China the kempe Thai had so brutally
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beaten and tortured these men that most
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were unable to stand or respond to the
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charges when brought to court they were
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given no defense representation and were
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summarily found guilty of war crimes
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three were sentenced to death while five
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received life imprisonment the death
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sentences were carried out in October
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1942 following Doolittle's daring raid
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the Japanese home Islands remained
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largely impervious to attack until late
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in the war as the Americans lacked
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aircraft with the necessary range until
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they captured bases closer to Japan the
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introduction of the Boeing b29 super
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Fortress and the capture of the Mariana
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Islands brought Japan within range of
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regular air attacks starting in June
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1944 initial b29 raids involving only a
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few dozen aircraft were launched from
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bases in chungu China these raids were
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costly as all supplies for the bases
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aircraft and Personnel had to be flown
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in from British India involving perilous
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flights over the Himalayas nicknamed the
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hump the first b29 Raid on Japan was
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conducted from chungu on June 15th
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1944 when 47 super fortresses attacked
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the Iron and Steel works at yata after
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the Mariana Islands were captured by
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American amphibious forces a large
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number of b-29s were stationed at five
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new bases on these islands greatly
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increasing the intensity and frequency
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of the bombing raids on Japan tinian
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sipan and Guam Japanese industry could
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now be systematically reduced and cities
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and towns raised unlike the air bases in
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China these islands could be easily
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supplied by ship the first combat
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Mission Against Japan from these new
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bases was launched from Sian on November
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24th
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1944 when 111 b29 s attacked Tokyo from
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then on increasingly intense raids
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continued until the end of the war
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resulting in unprecedented destruction
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and loss of life for Allied air crew
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shot down over Japanese occupied
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territory or the home Islands between
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the ditt raid in April 1942 and the
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beginning of the b29 raids the chances
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of survival were extremely slim the
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stories of those who escaped death but
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were imprisoned by the kempe Thai are
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among The Untold horrors of the second
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world
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war the Strategic bombing campaign
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against Japan cost many American lives
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and despite being less effective than
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the German Luft raffer Japanese air
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defenses actively attempted to down b29
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SS by any means available fire became
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the key to defeating Japan Admiral
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Isoroku Yamamoto the architect of the
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Pearl Harbor attack had little faith in
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Japan's ability to withstand a modern
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war
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in 1939 he warned that Japanese cities
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being made of wood and paper would burn
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easily he noted that while the Army
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talked Big large-scale Air Raids would
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cause Untold destruction incendiary
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raids proved devastatingly effective
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underscoring yamamoto's Grim prediction
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destruction of Japanese cities and the
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deaths of huge numbers of civilians the
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first major firebombing raid on Tokyo
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occurred on the night of February 23rd
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24
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1945 when 170 b-29s destroyed 1 square
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mile of the city a more devastating raid
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followed on the night of March 9th 10
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when 334 super fortresses initiated a
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massive Firestorm that consumed 16
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square miles of Tokyo and killed over
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100,000 people in the following weeks
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1,600 sorties targeted Japan's six
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principal cities Tokyo ngoya Kobe Osaka
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AKA Yokohama and Kawasaki devastating
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over 40% of their urban areas a fleet of
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600 b29 s flattened dozens of smaller
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cities in the subsequent months with
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every Japanese city except Kyoto
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suffering damage the destruction ranged
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from 20 to 30% of the urban area to near
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total Annihilation such as in Toyama 99%
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destroyed fukui 86% tokushima
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85.2% and fukuyama
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80.9% although American aircraft dropped
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leaflets on cities targeted for
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Destruction urging citizens to flee
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civilian casualties were massive the
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Japanese people's hatred for American
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Flyers was intense and understandable on
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the night of May 24th 25 1945 Tokyo
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burned again the city glowed orange in
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the darkness with flames leaping into
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great Columns of fire that stretched
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into the smoke blackened sky
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the Searing heat whipped into a howling
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wind destroying entire city blocks
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instantly and turning people into
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blazing torches that collapsed into
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blackened shapes on the boiling
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Pavements above the city massive silver
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aircraft roared their Bom Bay doors
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hanging open like obscene gashes as more
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incendiary and Napal bombs tumbled to
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Earth the Drone of the aerial engines
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was a constant background to the Carnage
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below at the Imperial Palace complex
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Emperor Hirohito and his family sat
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stiffly on chairs witnessing the
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destruction of their Capital protective
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concrete shell of an air raid shelter
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deep underground listening to their
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Capital being gutted the emperor's eyes
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darted nervously toward the dusty
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ceiling as thump followed thump bombs
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creeping ever closer to his home not far
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from the palace voices of Terror some in
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Japanese some in English filled the air
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guards ran around a large jail complex
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bellowing orders in Japanese jangling
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keys in locks and hering prisoners
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toward air raid shelters casting
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terrified glances over their shoulders
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at the approaching Firestorm one block
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of the jail was in an uproar white faces
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many with blackened eyes or split lips
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clamored at cell windows and doors
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calling screaming and pleading in
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English to be released before it was too
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late the commandant having clear orders
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had released some 450 of his fellow
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countrymen held as military prisoners in
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the jail he glanced back contemptuously
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at the white men screaming for mercy and
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hurried his remaining staff into the
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shelters as the first incendiaries began
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bursting across the jail he felt no
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sympathy for the white prisoners and
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callously abandoned them to a fate he
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believed they richly deserved the 62
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white prisoners were all American Airmen
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captured when their b-29s had been
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forced down over the Tokyo area during
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previous raids
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they had been beaten humiliated and
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denied medical treatment since their
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capture and were now left to perish at
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the hands of their comrades who were
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reigning fire and Death on the city from
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above as they had done
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before the Japanese hated the American
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Flyers more than any of their tens of
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thousands of brutalized prisoners across
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their empire for the b-29s brought
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America's Revenge to the shores of the
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Sacred home islands and even threatened
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the life of the god Emperor himself
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when the fires abated a few hours later
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the guards emerged from their bunkers
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and surveyed the scene the jail was
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severely damaged with many small fires
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still burning in the early morning Haze
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the block where the Americans were held
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was also in Ruins but some of the smoke
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cleared prisoners managed to survive The
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Inferno blackened prisoners were
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miraculously still alive stretching away
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in all directions was a Barren
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smoldering ruin of a city unrecognizable
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and uninhabitable
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the officers and their guards felt their
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hatred intensify against the Americans
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who had committed this outrage an
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impotent anger they could no longer
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Express militarily against the
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highflying
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b-29s seizing their rifles and fixing
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their bayonets the infuriated Japanese
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guards dashed among the dead and dying
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Americans smashing skulls breaking arms
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and legs and stabbing the bodies
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repeatedly until all were dead the
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greatest air raid of the war so far was
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over a force of 558
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b-29s had leveled half of Tokyo reducing
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56.3 Square Mi to Rubble Ash and Twisted
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Metal it was the third gigantic Air
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Attack on Japan's capital and signaled
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the final endgame for the Japanese with
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a few more of these raids Japan would be
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reduced to a smoking ruin over a million
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Japanese were now homeless in Tokyo and
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over 100,000 lay dead the remaining City
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hospitals were overwhelmed with 40,000
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injured 14 wrecked b-29s lay among this
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Carnage like giant beached whales a
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small price for the Americans to pay for
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such a significant result but the
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Japanese would not surrender they were
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determined to fight even harder for
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their Emperor and to exact a terrible
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toll in blood from the hated Allied
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Nations as the front line crept ever
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closer to the Japanese Homeland the
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coldblooded murder of the American
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flyers in Tokyo that morning by the
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campaign Tha was part of the hardening
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of the Japanese Spirit many believed
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that they would not leave any of their
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prisoners alive to be liberated should
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they lose the war at omori prison camp
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on the outskirts of Tokyo the American
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prisoners held there were spared the
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Wrath of the Japanese and survived the
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war to be liberated these prisoners were
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all Air crew shot down either over Japan
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or earlier in the war over occupied
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territories and transported to amori as
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slave laborers
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among them was 39-year-old Colonel
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Richard T King commanding officer of the
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500th bombardment group bombardment
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group who had been shot down over Tokyo
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on December 3rd 1944 and 22-year-old
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Lieutenant Raymond howerin a b29
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navigator who bailed out over Tokyo on
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January 27th
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1945 their stories typify the
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brutalization Allied Airmen endured and
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the constant tension and fear they felt
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as prisoners of the campaign Tai they
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feared falling into enemy hands but were
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also confident in their aircraft and the
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righteousness of their mission we were
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proud of our assignment as b29 crew
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members said howerin war at 32,000 ft is
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impersonal howerin was about to discover
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that war at ground level was
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considerably more personal Colonel King
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was the flight commander of a 12
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aircraft formation of
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b-29s on December 3rd
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1944 at 32,000 ft over Tokyo his
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aircraft nicknamed rosaly rocket was on
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a mission to attack an aircraft engine
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plant they were engaged by Japanese
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Fighters shortly after dropping their
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bombs although we shot down some of the
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fighters they hit our left inboard
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gasoline tank so seriously that it
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sprayed gasoline all over the aircraft
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and the entire ship began to burn
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recalled King by the time the ship had
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lost altitude to 29,000 ft I bailed out
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out at that time I did not realize that
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I was injured in any way immediately
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after bailing out I counted at least
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eight and possibly nine shoots as I
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floated earthward myself he said a b29
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had a crew of 11 King landed in an open
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field and cut the Shroud lines to his
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parachute canopy he discovered that he
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had been burned on one leg and across
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his
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face since Japanese Fighters were diving
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down directly over the field and it
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seemed they might be looking for me I
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walked over under the trees at one side
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of the field and waited there a few
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moments he said a quick inventory showed
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that his colt.45 pistol had been torn
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off when he jumped leaving him unarmed
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and in very hostile territory hap
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howerin was on only his fourth mission
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on January 27th 1945 when his Squadron
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of b-29s was attacked by a pair of
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Japanese Fighters howerin aircraft Rover
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boys Express was about to experience the
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intense reality of War at ground level
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hit suddenly we were trailing smoke and
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fire with a full load of bombs and only
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half our fuel recalled howerin we fell
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below and behind the rest of the b-29s
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in our Squadron there was nothing they
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could do to help us it was a sad feeling
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fire from the Japanese Fighters had torn
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through the super fortress's fuselage
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disabling the electrical controls and
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the intercom system the pilot
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controlling the rudder and control
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surfaces through through electrical
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cables realized the b29 was going to
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crash the only option was to dump the
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bombs and Evacuate the crew of 11
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through the
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Bombay as we bailed out through the
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Bombay my feet hands and face froze said
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howerin the b29 pressurized and flying
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at 32,000 ft when hit experienced a
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dramatic drop in temperature from a
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pleasant 70° to- 58° f a change of 127°
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in less than a second howerin found
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himself in free fall over Japan I didn't
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want to let my silk out too fast and
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risk roing Japanese Fighters machine
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gunning me as I floated helplessly
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beneath my parachute canopy I also
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wanted to descend to the warmer air near
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the ground howerin deployed his
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parachute but three Japanese Fighters
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headed directly for him as he hung
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helpless in the sky they approached very
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close throttled back and circled him in
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a counterclockwise Direction two
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eventually left after the initial
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encounter as the third plane circled
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back for a second pass very close in I
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feared the worst recounted howerin he
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throttled back coming in just below me I
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raised my hands over my head frightened
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the pilot was very visible to me at this
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point in a surprising turn of events the
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Japanese pilot did something quite
19:21
extraordinary he saluted me and pulled
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off said howerin as the young American
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officer continued drifting down P
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towards Earth he could see Japanese
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civilians below following his descent a
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large group gathered forming an ominous
19:36
reception committee for him upon Landing
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heavily in a residential area east of
19:40
Tokyo being shot down and bailing out
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over Japan was one of the greatest fears
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faced by Flyers like howerin fears yes
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sir being shot down over Japan and
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captured he remarked we believed that we
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would be killed by civilians or
19:55
military many Americans expected death
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in Japan hands because it was logical
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the Japanese harbored deep animosity
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toward them for destroying their country
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and causing widespread suffering Colonel
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King also encountered a hostile
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reception when a group of Japanese
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civilians found him in the countryside
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they not only handcuffed me but also
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bound me by my own shroud lines he
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recounted tune in next time to find out
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