West end of the island. The naval signed the 1,400acre property to the mayor that was until 1987 the Alameda Naval station. Originally the naval station wanted 8 million for the land, but ended upturns it over to the city. It was only fair, the city gave the navy the land for free. The hornet carried b25 bombers headed for the first raids in japan. Today the pier is named for the man who led the raids, doolittle. Bob mackenzie took us back to the doolittle raids. Reporter Ronald Reagan advanced him to general. But doolittle has long since assured his place in the history books. After pearl harbor after the United States was trying to recover its moral. Lieutenant colonel doolittle came up with a plan. No such thing has ever been done. As everyone knew carriers were for fighter aircraft, light planes no one had ever taken off from a carrier deck in a Medium Weight bomber. Yet that was the plan and doolittle felt he could do it. At that time, frank kapler had a not too stressful job as a
CBS show Knots Landing went off air in May 1993 after 14 years. The cast reunited briefly in five years later for a miniseries - and then in 2005 for a reunion episode.