The orchestrator of this operation claimed Fort Worth Star-Telegram editor Amon Carter originated the idea for it in his memoirs I Could Never Be So Lucky Again.
The orchestrator of this operation claimed Fort Worth Star-Telegram editor Amon Carter originated the idea for it in his memoirs I Could Never Be So Lucky Again. This action sparked the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign after one side's survivors were helped by John Birch and others. One craft that took part in this event was "The Ruptured Duck," which was piloted by Ted Lawson, whose book about it inspired a (*) Spencer Tracy movie. The planes involved in this operation were stripped down and given double the fuel capacity, allowing them to take off from the USS Hornet and return to China. For 10 points, name this US propaganda victory in which the Air Force bombed the Japanese Home Islands in 1942.
The orchestrator of this operation claimed Fort Worth Star-Telegram editor Amon Carter originated the idea for it in his memoirs I Could Never Be So Lucky Again.
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