Doolittle later recounted in his autobiography that the raid was intended to bolster American morale and to cause the Japanese to begin doubting their leadership, at which it succeeded: The Japanese people had been told they were invulnerable ...
Doolittle contaría posteriormente na súa autobiografía que o ataque estaba destinado a reforzar a moral estadounidense e facer que os xaponeses comezasen a dubidar do seu liderato: Os xaponeses dixeran que eran invulnerables ...