tojo is from the control faction of the japanese already. are defeated in 1936, and the moderates take over. there's dell military, they still have aggressive , but they are actually the moderates. we always talk to the student for leavenworth, you straight japan's government changes. a lot of americans do not know that. in june 1944. resides in disgrace -- resigned in disgrace after the failed campaign. this policy for the direction or failure, and he is waste by 70 from the korean government. i wanted to do that. line 1944, there are still some of what we call the treaty faction. the people inside the japanese soey have been doe discredited for what has been inflicted on them. they are going to be the ones running japan. they are the moderates. there are a lot more water in japanese government that one could imagine that makes this even more problematic. was the week of time. -- was look at the week of fire. they created this to give advice to the emperor. it was going to include the army, the navy minister, foreign officers, or the japane

tojo boasted in all its 2,000 years of history japan had never lost a war.ought impossible. the airmen knew the dangers. they knew many of them would not come home but the rarders showed america and the world that, yes, japan could be invaded. that showed that, yes, the u.s. and allied forces could win the war. after the war when the airmen returned, they talk little of their service. they went back to their daily lives in ohio and texas and kentucky and illinois and louisiana and california. they blended into american life of the 1940s. when asked about the raid by the "new york times," lieutenant colonel saylor said "it was just a mission we did what we had in the war. we did what we had to do." like my dad, the raiders came from a generation that spoke proudly of service to our country but rarely drew attention to their own courage. they sought no recognition but, oh, how they earned it. that's why i'm so honored to play a role in the awarding of this medal today. to the raiders still living, dick coal, staff sergeant dave thatcher whose son jeff thatcher

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