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Sin embargo, Arnold sabiendo la desazón que le creaba no haber entrado en combate le propuso que si su Jefe de Estado, el Brigadier General Millard F. Harmon estaba de acuerdo, tendría su autorización. Éste, le dijo que “cualquier cosa que esté bien para Arnold, lo está también para mí”. Doolittle no desperdició la ocasión y le dijo que Arnold estaba de acuerdo. ¡Estaba enrolado en la misión!.
"The Doolitle Raid. American`s first strike back to Japan". OSPREY publishing.
Continuará.
Simplemente una aclaración que se debe a un error de las fuentes consultadas.
El general Millard H. Harmon ostenta la graducación de Mayor General en las fechas en que Doolitle prepara el raid (1942).
He consultado su biografía y así lo corrobora esta página:
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On January 1941, Harmon was sent to the United Kingdom as an Air Observer - he was already rated a command pilot, combat observer and technical observer - serving in that capacity and as a member of the Harriman Mission until April. On his return to the United States, he was assigned as Commanding General of the Interceptor Command of the 4th Air Force. On July 11, he was appointed major general, and a week later was placed in command of the 2nd Air Force, with headquarters at Fort George Wright, Washington. In December of that year he was assigned as acting Commanding General of the Air Force Combat Command.
On Jan. 26, 1942, he became Chief of the Air Staff, Army Air Forces. With 30 years combat and command experience as a ground and air officer, General Harmon was well qualified to command Army Forces in an area of increasing strategic importance where air power was to play a dominant role. In July 1942, General Harmon was appointed Commanding General of U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific area, an area that was under Navy command.