Leftists have gone on the attack against the U.S. Air Force Academy football team for honoring the WWII Doolittle Raid on Japan that occurred immediately after the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.
On Tuesday, Air Force Football revealed its new uniforms, which feature a tribute to the Doolittle Raid.
Left-wing trolls blasted the Air Force for celebrating the raid conducted by American heroes who showed Japan that the U.S. was not down for the count after taking such heavy losses at Pearl.
“You have struck the hardest blow of the war directly at the enemy’s heart. You have made history.”
THE DOOLITTLE RAIDERS pic.twitter.com/Vd4aHhv0jw
— Air Force Football (@AF_Football) August 15, 2023
The Doolittle Raid, commanded by Air Force hero Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, took off on April 18, 1942, with 16 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers flown by 80 airmen to deliver their payload to the Greater Tokyo area and a few other Japanese cities. The raid was launched only four months after the sneak attack at Pearl.
The airmen, though, knew that the raid could be a suicide mission because the planes did not have enough fuel to get back to their carriers. The pilots and crew knew that if they survived their bomb runs, they would have to ditch their planes in hostile territory because they could not get back.
Yet, they went anyway.
Air Power Legacy Series 2023 ➡️ The Doolittle Raiders
🔗 https://t.co/AVhjTBhFay pic.twitter.com/9fkqI4pM60
— Air Force Football (@AF_Football) August 15, 2023
Of course, all 16 planes were lost, three U.S. airmen died during the raid, and eight were captured, with four of them dying in a Japanese POW prison. The rest escaped back to the U.S. after ditching their planes in Japanese-controlled Chinese territory and evading Japanese capture.
Lt. Col. Doolittle was awarded the Medal of Honor and was promoted straight to brigadier general for leading the raid.
An ambush pic.twitter.com/4RKUoGR77z
— Air Force Football (@AF_Football) August 17, 2023
Liberals, though, were disgusted by the uniform reveal, and many blasted the Academy for the tribute.
Delete this. Do better!
— Jonathan (@iampangean) August 18, 2023
Oh no
— Ben Gillespie (@SaysBen) August 18, 2023
Equating football to a literal war is a very bad thing.
— New Nature Boy (@net_elephant) August 18, 2023
This is awful taste.
— jake in salt lake (@trashpandamagoo) August 18, 2023
I’m saving this for when it’s inevitably deleted. Just an awe-inspiring lack of awareness. pic.twitter.com/VZ9nGCnI8y
— Nuttle (@NuttleNews) August 18, 2023
….. oh my god who approved this
— grapes (@bravegrapes) August 18, 2023
Granted, the uniforms received a lot of support, too. Many X users responded positively to the post. But one, in particular, had just the right reply to the naysayers:
I find it so funny how people post their opposing opinions on something like this. It’s interesting how few realize that we are allowed to openly express these opinions because of the people, such as the Doolittle Raiders, who put their lives on the line for this country.
— Coach H (@Coach_H_009) August 18, 2023
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