One of the Raiders was from the Southern Oregon area. Robert Emmens. After his military service he became a real estate broker. I met him as my mother was in real estate at the time. I visited his home on a few occasions. The award document for his DFC for the raid was on the wall of his office. Next to that was a Japanese award document for the Order of the Sacred Treasure. One of Bob's last assignments was as Air Attache to the Japanese Air Defense (their AF). He related that Hirohito had presented the award personally. Hirohito made a comment about the path of history between our two nations. After retiring from real estate Bob would play piano at a local club. I spent several Saturday nights listening to him play. This was when I was in my early twenties, time normally spent chasing girls at some of the local hangouts. I did that too.
Bob and his crew were held by the Russians for a time. Bob wrote a book about that adventure, "Guests of the Kremlin".
Link:
http://www.childrenofthedoolittlerai...embers/emmens/
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