LAST MISSION TO TOKYO

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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In 1942, the United States, still reeling from the Japanese surprise attack on our naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, needed to show Japan that they were not invincible. Jimmy Doolittle led a fleet of 16 bombers on a successful raid over Tokyo- 13 of those crews managed to crash land safely in China -but a handful of American pilot were captured and kept in Japanese prisons where they were starved and tortured.. The US authorities believed they were all dead. After the fall of Japan in 1945, the American Secret Service was amazed to find 4 survivors from the 1942 Doolittle Raid being held in a remote Japanese prison. When the war trials began- an unexpected courtroom drama took place as the American prosecution and the defense tore into each other- forever raising the question of why a civilized society needs to defend a barbaric aggressor at all. Our conversation with LAST MISSION TO TOKYO author Michele Paradis will shed light on answers to questions that need to be asked and answered. NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Android devices here: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=479022&refid=stpr. Get all of our shows at one website: www.1001storiespodcast.com CALLING ALL FANS.. REVIEWS NEEDED SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Open these links to enjoy our shows! APPLE USERS Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Player.fm FREE: https://player.fm/series/1001-radio-days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id1323543?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1323418?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megaphone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Oh, In 1942, freshly humiliated from the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt demanded a show of strength against the Japanese.
0:35.8	Jimmy Doolittle, a stunt pilot with a doctorate from MIT,
0:39.2	came forward and led 80 young men on a seemingly impossible
0:42.3	mission across the Pacific.
0:44.2	Dubbed the Doolittle Raiders, they struck the mainland of Japan and permanently turned the
0:48.8	tide of the war in the Pacific.
0:50.9	But their legendary mission wasn't the end of the story.
0:54.3	In his debut history, last mission to Tokyo, the extraordinary story of the Doolittle Raiders
0:59.2	and their final fight for justice.
1:01.7	Legal scholar and historian Michel Parody
1:04.4	uncovers one of the last untold stories of a seminal moment in World War II,
1:08.8	the pair of trials in Shanghai that determine the future of legal and military history.
1:14.0	With incredible and gripping detail, he recounts the dramatic aftermath of the Doolittle Mission,
1:20.0	which involved two lost crews captured, tried, and tortured at the hands of the Japanese.
1:25.8	The dramatic rescue of the survivors in the last weeks of the conflict, and the international
1:30.5	manhunt and trial led by two dynamic and opposing young lawyers.
1:35.1	Major Robert Dwyer, a prosecutor determined to bring justice to the Raiders,
1:39.4	and Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Bo-Din, assigned to defend the the Japanese who were forced to confront
1:44.9	the questions of what constitutes a fair trial when we should show mercy to our
1:49.2	enemies and right and wrong in the fog of war.
1:53.2	The result is a heart-stopping perspective shifting courtroom drama
1:57.8	that opens our eyes to a final act in the story of the greatest generation.
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