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RIP Jacob DeShazer - Bombardier of B-25 #16

posted 16 years ago by USAFMXOfficer_2013
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Jacob Daniel DeShazer, 6584514, Staff Sergeant
Bombardier Crew 16

Graduated from Madras High School, Madras, Oregon in 1931. Enlisted on February 26, 1940 at Fort McDowell, California. Attended Bombardier and Airplane Mechanics Schools. Was captured by the Japanese after the Tokyo Raid and spent 40 months as a prisoner of war. Released on August 20, 1945 and separated from the service on October 15, 1945. Graduated Seattle Pacific College, Seattle, Washington, on June 7, 1948 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in preparation for a life as a missionary. After completion of his missionary training, he returned to Japan on December 28, 1948 to fulfill the vision he had while a prisoner. Decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, and the Chinese Breast Order of Yung Hui.

Born November 15, 1912, West Stayton, Oregon

Died March 15, 2008.

There are now eleven of the eighty original Doolittle Raiders still alive.

[–] MasterShake_2015 16 years ago

I read my dads copy of the book when I was a kid. We lost a good one there. How brave did one have to be to fly that mission. Enough fuel to hit the target but not enough to make it home. (And lets take some guns off the planes to conserve fuel).

Takes a special person to raise their hand for that mission.

I'd love to see the mission brought to film again but would dread someone Michael Bay'ing it.

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