Robert L. Hite(1920-2015)
Lt. Hite was the co-pilot of the last (16th) B-25 to leave the USS
Hornet on the Doolittle Raid on Japan, Apr. 18, 1942. The crew bailed
out over China but they were quickly captured by Japanese troops. Lt.
Hite spent over three years in brutal conditions as a POW before his
release at the end of the war.