Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from defensive to offsensive, Germany lost the air war. I made that decision and it was my… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
I have been luckier than the law of averages should allow. I could never be so lucky again. — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
Hitherto acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply. If the United States is to survive, long-standing American concepts of 'fair play' must be… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Just try to make the world a better place for your having been here. — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
To become an ace a fighter must have extraordinary eyesight, strength, and agility, a huntsman's eye, coolness in a pinch, calculated recklessness, a full… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
The country will some day pay for the stupidities of those who were in the majority on this commission. They know as much about… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
