TEXAS HISTORY MINUTE

Robert L. Hite The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 horrified the American people. More than 2,000 people were killed in the attack that wrecked much of the navy’s Pacific Fleet. America wanted to strike back hard to tell Japan that America would not be defeated. In spring 1942, America got that chance with Doolittle’s Raid, a feat helped in part by a number of Texas natives, including pilot…