Last Doolittle Raider Dick Cole passed away at 103 years old, IAW af.mil and other sources. 

Ref: https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1809760/lt-col-dick-cole-last-surviving-doolittle-raider-passes-away-at-age-103/

Thank you for your service sir.  Not just the Raid, which was HUGE and I'm sure many thought was a suicide mission, but all your contributions to the war effort and beyond.

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Cole is on Doolittle's left in this picture...

I hope the the other 79 welcomed him home with a goblet of 1896 vintage Cognac. 

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The advances he saw in aviation in his lifetime

I would have like to attended the memorial at Randolph:  https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/04/18/a-last-salute-to-a-raider-air-force-bids-farewell-to-lt-col-dick-cole/

But doing it on a Thursday, and not a Friday??  What moron came up with that idea.  Yes, I understand the significance of the date.  It's still a dumb idea.  

On 4/27/2019 at 2:04 PM, HuggyU2 said:

I would have like to attended the memorial at Randolph:  https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/04/18/a-last-salute-to-a-raider-air-force-bids-farewell-to-lt-col-dick-cole/

But doing it on a Thursday, and not a Friday??  What moron came up with that idea.  Yes, I understand the significance of the date.  It's still a dumb idea.  

We got word it was invitation only.