Plane #1 Doolittle and crew, watched by others to make sure takeoff really possible Task Force 16's mission was accomplished, w/in minutes the carriers and cruisers reversed course and headed back toward Pearl Harbor at 25 knots Doolittle and company were flying barely 40 ft above the waves at a fuel conserving 150 mph 9:45 a Japanese patrol plane, 600 mi off the coast sent an odd report to Tokyo, the crew spotted what they took to be a twin engine land plane flying toward Japan, intel dismissed the report All the B-25s were flying independently and were strung out over 200 miles, the...

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During one of his two combat tours in Vietnam, Federal Express CEO Frederick Smith got a quick lesson in survival from a crusty Marine sergeant. "Lieutenant," the sergeant told Smith, "there's only three things you gotta remember: shoot, move, and communicate."(Fortune, Nov. 1997) Some thirty plus years later, and at the helm of one the shipping industry's largest competitors, Smith has utilized that same tactical advice in the business world. His maneuvering of FedEx has incorporated an aggressive shooting strategy as the company has emerged ...

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