PHOTOS: Last Doolittle Tokyo Raider comes home for memorial


A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Tuesday which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 Raiders, Dayton native Lt.Col. Richard E. Cole, 101, right, is the last survivor, and was reviled by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, left. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Tuesday which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 Raiders, Dayton native Lt.Col. Richard E. Cole, 101, the last survivor, attended. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

The Air Force Band of Flight played for A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration that took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 Raiders, Dayton native Lt.Col. Richard E. Cole, 101, the last survivor, attended. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Tuesday which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 Raiders, Dayton native Lt.Col. Richard E. Cole, 101, the last survivor, attended. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

Participants crowded around the Doolittle Tokyo Riaders memorial after the ceremony on Wednesday. A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 Raiders, Dayton native Lt.Col. Richard E. Cole, 101, the last survivor, attended. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Tuesday which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 Raiders, Dayton native Lt.Col. Richard E. Cole, 101, the last survivor, attended. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

B-25 Missing Man formation salute to the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders on Wednesday. A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Tuesday which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 Raiders, Dayton native Lt.Col. Richard E. Cole, 101, the last survivor, attended. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

Photographers follow the B-25 Missing Man formation salute to the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders on Wednesday. A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Tuesday which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 Raiders, Dayton native Lt.Col. Richard E. Cole, 101, the last survivor, attended. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein talks about the honor of being involved in a toast to Doolittle Raider SSgt David Thatcher with lone surviving Raider Lt. Col Richard Cole. A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Tuesday which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 Raiders, Dayton native Lt.Col. Richard E. Cole, 101, the last survivor, attended. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

The official congnac of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders used to annually toast those who passed in the previous year. A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Tuesday which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 Raiders, Dayton native Lt.Col. Richard E. Cole, 101, the last survivor, attended. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein talks about the honor of being involved in a toast to Doolittle Raider SSgt David Thatcher with lone surviving Raider Lt. Col Richard Cole. A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Tuesday which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 Raiders, Dayton native Lt.Col. Richard E. Cole, 101, the last survivor, attended. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

The second to last goblet for Doolittle Tokyo Raider SSgt. David Thatcher was turned over during a private ceremony with Lt. Col. Richard Cole and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein. Cole's goblet remains upright. A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Tuesday which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 Raiders, Dayton native Lt.Col. Richard E. Cole, 101, the last survivor, attended. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

The second to last goblet for Doolittle Tokyo Raider SSgt. David Thatcher,(pictured) was turned over during a private ceremony with Lt. Col. Richard Cole and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein. A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Tuesday which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 Raiders, Dayton native Lt.Col. Richard E. Cole, 101, the last survivor, attended. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

The second to last goblet for Doolittle Tokyo Raider SSgt. David Thatcher,(pictured) was turned over during a private ceremony with Lt. Col. Richard Cole and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein. A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Tuesday which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 Raiders, Dayton native Lt.Col. Richard E. Cole, 101, the last survivor, attended. TY GREENLEES / STAFF
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