Doolittle Raid Doctor

<strong>A previously unpublished first-person account of the Doolittle Raid.</strong><br/> <br/> The number 15 plane on the Doolittle Raid carried a flight surgeon, Dr. Thomas Robert White, MD (1909–92). White was a graduate of Harvard Medical School and recipient of both the Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross. <br/> <br/> During the war, White authored a 40,000-word account of the mission. He vividly described the bombing and subsequent escape and evasion through occupied China. This included a lifesaving leg amputation for Ted Lawson, author of <em>Thirty Seconds over Tokyo</em>. <br/> <br/> Part of White’s story was published in <em>Atlantic</em> magazine circa 1944. The balance remained private. The doctor''s granddaughter, Gabrielle Adelman, partnered with aerospace expert John Fredrickson to prepare the manuscript for this publication, with editing and significant annotation.