Lt. Col. Robert Hite died in Nashville after a battle with Alzheimer 's disease . He was a co-pilot of a crew taht flew 16 of the one B-25 bombers that raided Tokyo in 1942 . The air raid gave Americans hope in the wake of Pearl Harbor . Two of the original 80 Doolittle 's Raiders are alive today , both in their 90s .
Lt. Col. Robert Hite died in Nashville after a battle with Alzheimer 's disease . He was a co-pilot of a crew taht flew one of the 16 B-25 bombers that raided Tokyo in 1942 . The air raid gave Americans hope in the wake of Pearl Harbor . Two of the original 80 Doolittle 's Raiders are alive today , both in their 90s .