{"product_id":"doolittle-signed-envelope-and-four-came-home","title":"Signatures of Doolittle and Crew — Book and first day cover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated on August 13, 2026:\u003c\/strong\u003e This has been sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA signed copy of \u003cem\u003eFour Came Home: The Gripping Story of the Last Survivors of Doolittle’s Tokyo Raid\u003c\/em\u003e by Carroll V. Glines, together with a 1944 first day cover signed by J. H. Doolittle. (Doolittle's signature does not appear on the page with signatures of many of the crew.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first day cover is for the new regular 8-cent air mail stamp, postmarked Washington, D.C., March 21, 1944. The cachet features Major General James H. Doolittle, a B-25 bomber, falling bombs, and the words “First Day of Issue.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first page of the book was signed by many of the men on the raid. Below, all of the crew. The signatures of the men in bold appear in the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you wish to create a display you can frame, you might remove the page from the book, place the first day cover above it, and frame them like that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCrew 1 through Crew 8 \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCrew 1:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eLt. Col. James H. Doolittle (Pilot)\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLt. Richard E. Cole (Co-Pilot)\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLt. Henry A. Potter (Navigator)\u003c\/strong\u003e, SSgt. Fred A. Braemer (Bombardier), SSgt. Paul J. Leonard (Engineer\/Gunner) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCrew 2:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLt. Travis Hoover (Pilot)\u003c\/strong\u003e, Lt. William N. Fitzhugh (Co-Pilot), Lt. Carl R. Wildner (Navigator), Lt. Richard E. Miller (Bombardier), SSgt. Douglas V. Radney (Engineer\/Gunner) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCrew 3:\u003c\/span\u003e Lt. Robert M. Gray (Pilot), Lt. Jacob E. Manch (Co-Pilot), \u003cstrong\u003eLt. Charles J. Ozuk (Navigator)\u003c\/strong\u003e, Sgt. Aden E. Jones (Bombardier), \u003cstrong\u003eCpl. Leland D. Faktor (Engineer\/Gunner) \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCrew 4:\u003c\/span\u003e Lt. Everett W. Holstrom (Pilot), Lt. Lucian N. Youngblood (Co-Pilot), \u003cstrong\u003eLt. Harry C. McCool (Navigator)\u003c\/strong\u003e, Sgt. Robert J. Stephens (Bombardier), \u003cstrong\u003eCpl. Bert M. Jordan (Engineer\/Gunner) \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCrew 5:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Capt. David M. Jones (Pilot)\u003c\/strong\u003e, Lt. Edward W. Pohl (Co-Pilot), \u003cstrong\u003eLt. Joe B. Manske (Navigator),\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSgt. David J. Thatcher (Bombardier)\u003c\/strong\u003e, SSgt. Jacob J. Emanual (Engineer\/Gunner) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCrew 6:\u003c\/span\u003e Lt. Dean E. Hallmark (Pilot), Lt. Robert J. Meder (Co-Pilot),\u003cstrong\u003e Lt. Chase J. Nielsen (Navigator)\u003c\/strong\u003e, Sgt. William J. Dieter (Bombardier), Sgt. Donald E. Fitzmaurice (Engineer\/Gunner) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCrew 7:\u003c\/span\u003e Lt. Lawson (Pilot),\u003cstrong\u003e Lt. Davenport (Co-Pilot), \u003c\/strong\u003eLt. Cleveland (Navigator), Sgt. Thatcher (Bombardier), Sgt. Saylor (Engineer\/Gunner) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCrew 8:\u003c\/span\u003e Capt. Edward J. York (Pilot), Lt. Robert G. Emmens (Co-Pilot), \u003cstrong\u003eLt. Nolan H. Herndon (Navigator), \u003c\/strong\u003eSgt. Theodore H. Laban (Bombardier), \u003cstrong\u003eSgt. David W. Pohl (Engineer\/Gunner)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCrew 9 through Crew 16 \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCrew 9:\u003c\/span\u003e Lt. Harold F. Watson (Pilot), Lt. James M. Parker (Co-Pilot), \u003cstrong\u003eLt. Thomas C. Griffin (Navigator)\u003c\/strong\u003e, Sgt. Eldred V. Scott (Bombardier), Sgt. Wayne B. Carricular (Engineer\/Gunner) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCrew 10:\u003c\/span\u003e Lt. Richard O. Joyce (Pilot), Lt. J. Roy Stork (Co-Pilot), \u003cstrong\u003eLt. Howard A. Sessler (Navigator)\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSgt. Edwin W. Horton (Bombardier),\u003c\/strong\u003e SSgt. George E. Larkin (Engineer\/Gunner) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCrew 11:\u003c\/span\u003e Capt. C. Ross Greening (Pilot), Lt. Kenneth E. Reddy (Co-Pilot), Lt. Frank A. Kappeler (Navigator), Sgt. William L. Birch (Bombardier), Sgt. Reed W. Wall (Engineer\/Gunner) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCrew 12:\u003c\/span\u003e Lt. Robert E. Withington (Pilot), Lt. George M. Dillard (Co-Pilot), Lt. Donald G. Smith (Navigator), Sgt. William R. Birch (Bombardier), Sgt. Melvin J. Gardner (Engineer\/Gunner) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCrew 13:\u003c\/span\u003e Capt. Edgar E. McElroy (Pilot), Lt. \u003cstrong\u003eRichard A. Knobloch (Co-Pilot)\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003e Lt. Clayton J. Campbell (Navigator),\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSgt. Robert Bourgeois (Bombardier)\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSgt. Adam R. Williams (Engineer\/Gunner) \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCrew 14:\u003c\/span\u003e Major John A. Hilger (Pilot), Lt. Jack L. Sims (Co-Pilot), \u003cstrong\u003eLt. James H. Macia (Navigator)\u003c\/strong\u003e, Sgt. Jacob Eierman (Bombardier), Sgt. 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