The honor belongs to the full group.
The Congressional Gold Medal records the Raiders as one historic unit while preserving the importance of every individual crew.
National recognition
Congressional recognition, seventy-three years later.
Public Law 113-106 authorized one gold medal honoring the members of the 17th Bombardment Group who became known as the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders.
The medal carries the story forward.
Its imagery and presentation became part of the modern visual record now preserved by families, museums, and the organization.
Recognition is not the end of remembrance.
The lasting work is to keep the people, evidence, and relationships behind the medal accessible to future generations.
From the recovered collection
