[Podcast] The complex legacy of the Doolittle Raid and U.S.-China allyship

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In 1942, a band of American pilots conducted a daring bombing run over Japan, with the plan to land in airfields set up in China. The mission “succeeded” thanks to the assistance of Chinese civilians who sheltered and guided the pilots โ€” and who suffered immeasurably for their kindness.

Click here to read the article by James Carter.

Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.

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