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RIP: Jacob DeShazer, Age 95 One of Doolittle’s Raiders

From the Salem Statesman Journal [1]:

Jacob DeShazer of Salem took part in World War II’s legendary Doolittle Raid, endured more than three years as a Japanese prisoner of war and later teamed up with his wife, Florence, to serve as a Methodist missionary in Japan for nearly 30 years.

DeShazer, 95, died Saturday night at the Lancaster Village assisted-living facility, said Ruth Kutrakun, the youngest of the couple’s five children.

“He passed away peacefully in his sleep at home,” she said.

Kutrakun characterized her father as a gentle and humble man with a lively sense of humor. His life was centered around faith, family and country, she said.

That leaves just 11 from that raid who are still alive, today.