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World War II, 1942-1945

Jacob DeShazer joins the U.S. Army Air Corps in February 1940. He attends bombardier and mechanics school at Moffett Field, California and is later assigned to the airbase at Pendleton, Oregon. While there, DeShazer volunteers for a secret mission later known as the Doolittle Raid after its commanding officer, General Jimmy Doolittle. The mission of the raid is to bomb the Japanese home islands in retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor. DeShazer is the bombardier on the 16th (and last) plane of the group, which targets Nagoya, Japan, on April 18, 1942. After successfully dropping their payload, the crew of Plane 16 ditches their aircraft in China but are captured by Japanese troops. DeShazer and his comrades spend the rest of the war as prisoners of the Japanese. While in a Japanese prison, DeShazer is given a Bible, which he reads eagerly. The message of God's love and forgiveness in the Bible speaks to DeShazer, and he works to change his attitude towards his captors from one of hatred to love and forgiveness. He finds that the Japanese guards begin to treat him differently after his conversion experience. After being released from prison, DeShazer returns home to Oregon, declaring that he will train as a missionary and return to Japan to spread the message of God's love that had changed his life while he was in prison.
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  • Jacob DeShazer, United States Army Air Corps, 1940 by unknown unknown

    Jacob DeShazer, United States Army Air Corps, 1940

  • Jacob DeShazer in Uniform, Colored by unknown unknown

    Jacob DeShazer in Uniform, Colored

  • Jacob DeShazer in Uniform, Original by unknown unknown

    Jacob DeShazer in Uniform, Original

  • Doolittle Raid Plane #16 Crew by unknown unknown

    Doolittle Raid Plane #16 Crew

  • The Doolittle Raider Emblem by unknown unknown

    The Doolittle Raider Emblem

  • B-25s on the U.S.S. Hornet by unknown unknown

    B-25s on the U.S.S. Hornet

  • Plane #16 takes off from the U.S.S. Hornet by unknown unknown

    Plane #16 takes off from the U.S.S. Hornet

  • B-25 bombers en route to Tokyo by unknown unknown

    B-25 bombers en route to Tokyo

  • U.S.S. Hornet by unknown unknown

    U.S.S. Hornet

  • Jacob DeShazer, freed P.O.W. by unknown unknown

    Jacob DeShazer, freed P.O.W.

  • Receiving the Purple Heart by a

    Receiving the Purple Heart

  • Sergeant. Jacob DeShazer, 1945 by unknown unknown

    Sergeant. Jacob DeShazer, 1945

  • Jacob and His Brother by unknown unknown

    Jacob and His Brother

  • Jacob at Home by unknown unknown

    Jacob at Home

  • Jacob DeShazer Returns Home, 1945 by unknown unknown

    Jacob DeShazer Returns Home, 1945

  • Jacob Outside His Home in Oregon, 1945 by unknown unknown

    Jacob Outside His Home in Oregon, 1945

  • Jacob with His Family by unknown unknown

    Jacob with His Family

  • Jacob with His Mother by unknown unknown

    Jacob with His Mother

  • Jacob with Nieces and Nephews by unknown unknown

    Jacob with Nieces and Nephews

  • Jacob DeShazer, October 1945 by unknown unknown

    Jacob DeShazer, October 1945

  • Jacob DeShazer, Civilian, 1945 by unknown unknown

    Jacob DeShazer, Civilian, 1945

 
 
 

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