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Small group of items associated with Major General James "Jimmy" H. Doolittle, leader of the "Doolittle Raid" on Japan, comprising: clipped magazine cover featuring a close-up sketch of Doolittle signed ("J.H. Doolittle"); cover of Liberty magazine, 1 April 1944, featuring color bust portrait of Doolittle signed ("J.H. Doolittle") and accompanying article "General Doolittle, Flyer's Flyer"; clipped article "Recovering the Pearson Plane," Aviation magazine, 15 August 1921, with 2nd page having note attached and signed at bottom "To Harry Block Jr: / The above is roughly as I remember the occurence [sic]. J.H. Doolittle."

Doolittle signatures accompanied by approx. 8 x 10 in. black and white photograph showing Doolittle in civilian clothing and a newspaper clipping relating to Doolittle from The Washington Post, 30 April 1978.

[With:] U.S. Army Air Forces Time Distance Computer Type D-4 "For True Air Speed Computation." -- United States Army "Personal 201" document holder identified on interior to Lt. Lester D. Warren. -- Minneapolis Star Journal, 8 December 1941, with headline "U.S. Declares War on Japan" and The Call Bulletin of San Francisco, 8 May 1945 featuring headline "U.S., Britain Proclaim: V-E Day!"