Professor Greg Jackson

It's about noon in Tokyo.

Civilians look up at planes overhead.

In a twist from Pearl Harbor, some on the ground even wave, thinking these must be friendly aircraft, at least until the B-25s start dropping their four 500-pound bombs, some of which are incendiary.

But the targets aren't random.

flying over the imperial capital, as well as Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, and Osaka.

They hit factories, an oil tank farm, warehouses, steelworks, and power facilities.

They never used their machine guns.

Jimmy Doolittle has specifically prohibited that.

Likewise, they stayed clear of the imperial palace, though they could easily hit it.

And with their work done, the Americans dodge scrambling fighters and push on toward China.

Hours pass.

It's late at night.

With no response from Chow Joe Airfield, Jimmy's crew fly a dead reckoning course in what they hope is the right direction until it's time to abandon ship.

One by one, each man perishes into the darkness.

Jimmy splashes down in the cold wet of a rice paddy.

No crew in sight.

But he sees a light.

A farmhouse.

Yes!

Yes!