HISTORY MINUTE
Thu, 12/10/2020 - 5:00am
Dr. Ken Bridges Kbridges@southark.edu
The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 horrified the American people. America wanted to strike back hard to tell Japan that America would not be defeated. In spring 1942, America got that chance with Doolittle’s Raid, a feat helped in part by Arkansan Robert Hite.
Hite was the son of cotton farmers in Texas in 1920. He briefly attended West Texas State Teachers College before enlisting in the army in 1940. He wanted to serve as a pilot but flunked the first physical. In spite of this setback, he gained his certification as an Army Air Force pilot the next year.
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