"He was very humbly proud of his
service. Just truly dedicated to the uniform and his country. He
considered the guys who didn't get back the
heroes."
Source: Jim Zerkel talking about his
father-in-law, Retired Air Force Col. Travis Hoover, a pilot who
flew one of the bombers in the famous 1942 raid on Japan led by
Jimmy Doolittle. Hoover passed away Saturday night. He was
86.