Marc Mitscher
In 1942, he was on the USS Hornet (CV-8) when the Doolittle Raid was launched. He wrote an eyewitness account which was published in “The Hornets and Their Heroic Men”, a book by Hornet veterans Kenneth M. Glass and Harold L. Buell. His account was published on USSHornetMuseum.org with permission of the authors. His account includes quotes from the ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Marc Mitscher, and Jimmy Doolittle: