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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/314159265358979326 on 2025-06-07 19:49:40+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that after Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle’s eponymous Doolittle Raid on Japan lost all of its aircraft (although with few personnel lost), he believed he would be court-martialed; instead he was given the Medal of Honor and promoted two ranks to brigadier general.