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On this episode of Our American Stories, in the dark months after Pearl Harbor, the United States launched the Doolittle Raid, a daring strike on Tokyo meant to lift American spirits. Among the men who volunteered was Jacob DeShazer, a young bombardier whose life would take a turn few could imagine. Captured and imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp, he endured starvation, torture, and isolation. Yet years later, the man who once bombed Japan returned not as a soldier, but as a missionary. His journey from vengeance to mercy changed lives on both sides of the Pacific. Told by his daughter, Carol Aiko DeShazer Dixon, author of Return of the Raider: A Doolittle Raider’s Story of War & Forgiveness, this is the story of how a World War II American soldier found peace after unimaginable suffering.

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On this episode of Our American Stories, in the dark months after Pearl Harbor, the United States launched the Doolittle Raid, a daring strike on Tokyo meant to lift American spirits. Among the men who volunteered was Jacob DeShazer, a young bombardier whose life would take a turn few could imagine. Captured and imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp, he endured starvation, torture, and isolation. Yet years later, the man who once bombed Japan returned not as a soldier, but as a missionary. His journey from vengeance to mercy changed lives on both sides of the Pacific. Told by his daughter, Carol Aiko DeShazer Dixon, author of&nbsp;<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FReturn-Raider-Doolittle-Raiders-Forgiveness%2Fdp%2F1616381906&amp;data=05%7C02%7CUraelBlackshear%40iheartmedia.com%7C70c467fd0691499b06bb08de1181f239%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638967446995757667%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ROm3Kpp7%2FO5ko%2BEujZFUA%2B06IaIcxY1yxRKCNCTb8Ak%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0">Return of the Raider: A Doolittle Raider&rsquo;s Story of War &amp; Forgiveness</a>, this is the story of how a World War II American soldier found peace after unimaginable suffering.
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