In retaliation for this mission, the targeted country launched a long-range balloon program known asOperation Fu-Go.
In retaliation for this mission, the targeted country launched a long-range balloon program known asOperation Fu-Go. United States Ambassador Joseph C. Grew witnessed this event, but, like much ofthe population, confused it with a previously planned air raid drill. Some of the men on this missionsurvived because they knew the phrase, "Lushu hoo megwa fugi", and others were jailed for a year inVladivostok. This operation began on the USS Hornet, and its namesake only had 467 feet of runway totake off. The planes used in this operation had their radios stripped to save weight. The namesake ofthis mission received a Medal of Honor after bailing out near Quzhou (chyoo-JOE) and meeting withChiang Kai-Shek. For 10 points, name this first attack on mainland Japan following Pearl Harbor.
In retaliation for this mission, the targeted country launched a long-range balloon program known asOperation Fu-Go.
 James "Jimmy" Doolittle Raid [or Tōkyō raid]