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===Doolittle Raid exhibits=== The most extensive display of Doolittle Raid memorabilia is at the [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]] (on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base) in [[Dayton, Ohio]]. The centerpiece is a like-new B-25, which is painted and marked as Doolittle's aircraft, ''40-2344'', (rebuilt by [[North American Aviation]] to B-25B configuration from an F-10D photo reconnaissance version of the B-25D). The bomber, which North American Aviation presented to the Raiders in 1958, rests on a reproduction of ''Hornet''{{'}}s flight deck. Several authentically dressed mannequins surround the aircraft, including representations of Doolittle, ''Hornet'' Captain [[Marc Mitscher]], and groups of Army and Navy men loading the bomber's bombs and ammunition. Also exhibited are the silver goblets used by the Raiders at each of their annual reunions, pieces of flight clothing and personal equipment, a parachute used by one of the Raiders in his bailout over China, and group photographs of all 16 crews, and other items. The last B-25 to be retired from the U.S. Air Force inventory is displayed at the [[Air Force Armament Museum]] at Eglin AFB, also in the markings of Gen. Doolittle's aircraft.<ref>{{cite news |department=Special |title=B-25 Makes Last Flight During Ceremony at Eglin |newspaper=Playground Daily News |location=Fort Walton Beach, Florida |date=26 May 1960 |volume=15 |number=17 (actually No. 18) |page=2}}</ref> A fragment of the wreckage of one of the aircraft, and the medals awarded to Doolittle, are on display at the [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]] [[National Air and Space Museum]] in Washington, DC. The 2006 [[Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor]] on [[Ford Island]], [[Oahu|Oʻahu]], Hawaii, also has a 1942 exhibit in which the centerpiece is a restored B-25 in the markings of ''The Ruptured Duck'' used on the Doolittle Raid.<ref>[http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/exhibits/aircrafts.html "B-25 Mitchell"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103043045/http://pacificaviationmuseum.org/exhibits/aircrafts.html |date=3 November 2010 }}. Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor. Retrieved 14 November 2010.</ref> The [[San Marcos, Texas]], chapter of the [[Commemorative Air Force]] has in its museum the [[armor plate]] from the pilot seat of the B-25 Doolittle flew in the raid. The interchange of Edmund Highway (South Carolina 302) and [[Interstate 26 in South Carolina|Interstate 26]] nearest the former [[Columbia Army Air Base]] is designated the Doolittle Raiders Interchange. In [[China]], a memorial hall honoring the Doolittle Raiders and the Chinese who provided them with assistance in aftermath of the raid is located at the city of [[Jiangshan]] in [[Quzhou, Zhejiang]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/nov/11/china-the-second-time-around-20181111/|title=China, the second time around|first=Jeff|last=Thatcher|newspaper=Arkansas Democrat Gazette|date=2018-11-11|access-date=2022-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://zhejiang.chinadaily.com.cn/equzhou/2018-10/26/c_300997.htm|title=Airman's daughter thankful to museum|first=Zhenhuan|last=Ma|newspaper=China Daily|date=2018-10-26|access-date=2022-12-16}}</ref> [[File:Doolittle exhibit at Hornet Museum.jpg|thumb|Doolittle Exhibit aboard USS ''Hornet'' Museum - August, 2015]] A small exhibit about the Doolittle Raid exists (or used to?) at the [https://uss-hornet.org/ USS ''Hornet'' Museum] in Alameda, California.
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