The Doolittle raid was the first time the US bombed Japan in the Pacific War. The bombers were launched from an aircraft carrier but the Japanese did not know where the bombers came from. What place did President Roosevelt facetiously name as the place where the bombers had come from?
- an underground air base in China
- Utopia
- Shangri-La
- The North Pole
Answer
The correct answer is C) Shangri-La.
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