An unusual consequence of the raid came after when—in the interests of secrecy—President Roosevelt answered a reporter's question by saying that the raid had been launched from "Shangri-La", the fictional faraway land of the James Hilton novel Lost Horizon. The true details of the raid were revealed to the public one year later, in April 1943."One year later, Tokyo raid story told". . UPI, 20 April 1943. The Navy, in 1944, commissioned the , with Doolittle's wife Josephine as the sponsor.
An unusual consequence of the raid came after when—in the interests of secrecy—President Roosevelt answered a reporter's question by saying that the raid had been launched from "Shangri-La" the fictional faraway land of the James Hilton novel Lost Horizon. The ,true details of the raid were revealed to the public one year later, in April 1943."One year later, Tokyo raid story told". . UPI, 20 April 1943. The Navy, in 1944, commissioned the , with Doolittle's wife Josephine as the sponsor.