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If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.
Jimmy Doolittle
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Jimmy Doolittle
Age: 96 †
Born: 1896
Born: December 14
Died: 1993
Died: September 27
Aircraft Pilot
Engineer
Military Officer
Officer Commanding
Alameda
California
James Harold Jimmy Doolittle
James Harold Doolittle
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Aviation
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