Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo by Captain Ted Lawson, Author; Robert Considine, Editor - 1943

New York, NY: Random House, 1943 Random House, New York. 1943. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. A Random House Wartime Book. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; bumping to tail; suntoning to spine; soiling to boards. No DJ. Khaki cloth boards and spine with maroon lettering and bomber on spine and front board. Tinted textblock top; maps as endpapers. 221 pp 8vo. This first-hand account of the Doolittle Raid - the secret preparations, the war itself and the almost unbelievable adventures of the airmen in the weeks that followed - is one of the greatest stories of American bravery and ingenuity that has ever been written. Ted Lawson piloted one of the planes that roared over Tokyo. In the subsequent crack-up on the Chinese coast, he sustained injuries that ultimately cost him a leg. The story of his rescue, told simply and directly, makes thrilling and moving reading, serving again to remind us all of the great acts of sacrifice and heroism performed by members of our armed forces during World War II. A clean very presentable copy.