Doolittle went from a Lt. Colonel to a Brigadier General the day after the raid took place on Japan.
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Johnson is great in BATTLEGROUND (1949...here with John Hodiak.)
(Airs 2aE on Sunday, May 25th during @tcmtv.bsky.social's #MemorialDay Marathon.)
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Capt. Lawson's wife, Ellen is played by Phyllis Thaxter. She also played Ma Kent in SUPERMAN (1978)
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Per wiki, James Agee praised #ThirtySecondsOverTokyo for using mostly amateur Chinese actors to play the Chinese and they were very respectfully represented. #TCMParty

Van Johnson should have specialized in war movies. It’s the only time he doesn’t annoy me.
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Van Johnson and Robert Mitchum philosophizing over death was not on my bingo card. #ThirtySecondsOverTokyo #TCMParty

WWII bomber pilot getting into plane

WWII bomber pilot in front of plane

Don't have time to watch this great movie again. On its own it's outstanding, but my dad was a bomber pilot off a carrier. Seeing the pilots get prepped for an unbelievable mission, not knowing their exact course, reminds me in a small way of my Dads bravery.

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💣🇯🇵 #ThirtySecondsOverTokyo (1944)
✈️ Pearl Harbor sonrası propaganda dramı.
🎥 Savaş uçaklarının birebir kopyaları inşa edildi.
🧯 MGM, uçak patlama sahneleri için gerçek mühimmat kullandı!
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieFeatures #ThirtySecondsOverTokyo Rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, This World War II Movie Turned One of The Conflict's Most Daring Raids Into High Drama http://dlvr.it/TJ7PJn

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