South Carolina | America 250: Air and Space Power Story — Ep. 8

This week we are travelling to South Carolina! In February 1942, then-Lt Col Jimmy Doolittle visited Columbia Air Base to recruit the airmen who would serve as the famed Doolittle Raiders.  His words were direct: “We have a mission. Can’t tell you what it’s going be. It’s very, very dangerous. We only want volunteers.”  Visitors can learn more about this at the South Carolina Historic Aviation Foundation in Columbia, plus the USS Yorktown at Patriot’s Point. South Carolina also serves as home to former NASA Administrator Maj Gen Charles Borden, USMC (Ret)—who flew over 100 combat missions in Vietnam and is a 4-time astronaut, including as commander of STS-31, which deployed the Hubble Space Telescope. This episode is sponsored by PenFed. Click the links below to learn more. Checking - https://bit.ly/3NTjHv3 Deposits - https://bit.ly/49YD5PS