James Doolittle became a professional boxer and entered the University of California's School of Mines in 1915. In 1917 he enlisted in the Army Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps to train as a pilot, and he was soon promoted to the rank of lieutenant. Doolittle served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1917 until 1930, when he became a major in the Army Air Corps Reserve, where he served for the next ten years.

After learning to fly, Doolittle served as an instructor pilot and got into aerobatics. He started thinking of breaking aviation records. In 1922 he made the first cross-continental crossing in less than 24 hours, taking 21 hours and 19 minutes to fly in his De Havilland DH-4 plane. The trip started at Pablo Beach, Florida and ended at San Diego, California and only needed one stop to refuel the aircraft.

In 1923, Doolittle enrolled in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to obtain a master's degree and then a Ph.D. in aeronautical engineering. When he......

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