In this April 18, 2015, file photo, two members of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, retired U.S. Air Force
Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" Cole, seated front, and retired Staff Sgt. David Thatcher, seated
left, pose for photos after the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal honoring the Doolittle Tokyo
Raiders at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Cole, co-pilot of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders’ lead plane and a fly-over by vintage B-25 bombers will be
part of Ohio events April 17-18, 2017 for the 75th anniversary of the daring attack that helped turn the
tide of World War II. Cole said it will be a somber moment when he toasts fellow Raider, Thatcher, who
died in 2016. (AP Photo/Gary Landers, File)