Evelyn:] When the action is over and we look back... we understand both more and less. This much is certain.
Before the Doolittle raid... America knew nothing but defeat. After it, nothing but victory.
Japan realized for the first time that they could lose... and began to pull back.
America realized that she would win... and surged forward.
It was a war that changed America.
Dorie Miller was the first black American... to be awarded the Navy Cross. But he would not be the last. He joined brother-hood-of-heroes.
[ Lt. Col.:] That's for all the raiders.
[Evelyn:]
World War II for us began at PearI Harbor... and 1177 men still lie
entombed... in the battleship Arizona. America suffered... but America
grew stronger.
It was not inevitable. The times tried our souls... and through the trial, we overcame.
[Rafe] Hey, Danny... how'd you like to go flying?
[Laughs] Come here.
[Laughs]
