{"id":135,"date":"2013-10-12T18:54:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T18:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sksar.org\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2023-10-09T09:46:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T09:46:56","slug":"richard-e-cole","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sksar.org\/?page_id=135","title":{"rendered":"Col. Richard E. Cole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sksar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dick-with-Jesse-and-Ray.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-472\" src=\"https:\/\/sksar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dick-with-Jesse-and-Ray-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Dick with Jesse and Ray\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sksar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dick-with-Jesse-and-Ray-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sksar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dick-with-Jesse-and-Ray-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sksar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dick-with-Jesse-and-Ray.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sksar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN0657.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-175\" src=\"https:\/\/sksar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN0657-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0657\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sksar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN0657-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sksar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN0657-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sksar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSCN0657-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-large;\">Col. Dick Cole of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/photos\/events\/wwii-pac\/misc-42\/dooltl.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doolittle&#8217;s Raiders<\/a>&#8221; inducted into Simon Kenton Chapter, Sons of American Revolution<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sksar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/17150344573F4AB0F1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153\" src=\"https:\/\/sksar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/17150344573F4AB0F1.png\" alt=\"17150344573F4AB0F\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\"><\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-large;\">news coverage on this event please feel free to visit the following link:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whas11.com\/community\/97-year-old-war-hero-honored-in-Louisville-221532161.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WLKY (WHAS11)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whas11.com\/great-day-live\/video\/Col-Dick-Cole-of-Doolittles-Raiders-inducted-into-Sons-of-American-Revolution-221647191.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Great Day Live<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-large;\">To read more about the Doolittle Raiders visit their website at the following link:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.doolittleraider.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-large;\">Richard E. Cole, 0-421602, Colonel Co-Pilot Crew 1<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><b>Born September 7, 1915, Dayton, Ohio<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: large;\">Graduated from Steele high School, Dayton, Ohio and completed two <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: large;\">years college at Ohio University.&nbsp; Enlisted November 22, 1940.&nbsp; Completed pilot training and commissioned as Second Lieutenant, July, 1941.&nbsp; Remained in China-Burma-India after Tokyo Raid until June 1943, and served again in the China-Burma-India Theater from October, 1943 until June, 1944.&nbsp; Relieved from active duty in January, 1947 but returned to active duty in August 1947.&nbsp; Was Operations Advisor to Venezuelan Air Force from 1959 to 1962.&nbsp; Peacetime service in Ohio, North Carolina, and California.&nbsp; Rated as command pilot.&nbsp; Decorations include Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, and Chinese Army, Navy, Air Corps Medal, Class A, 1st Grade.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Col. Dick Cole of &#8220;Doolittle&#8217;s Raiders&#8221; inducted into Simon Kenton Chapter, Sons of American Revolution news coverage on this event please feel free to visit the following link: WLKY (WHAS11) Great Day Live To read more about the Doolittle Raiders visit their website at the following link: The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Richard E. Cole, 0-421602, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sksar.org\/?page_id=135\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Col. Richard E. 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