The Rev. Jacob Daniel “Jake” DeShazer one of the members of the historic Doolittle Raid on Japan during World War II, died. He was 95. After spending 40 months as a prisoner of war following the raid, DeShazer returned to Japan intent on forgiving his former captors and converting them to Christianity. Over 30 years, he helped start 23 churches in Japan. Born Nov. 15, 1912, in Madras, OR to a wheat-farming family, DeShazer graduated from Madras High School in 1931. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps at 27, two years before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. A month after the attack, he volunteered for a secret mission. He was the bombardier aboard the “Bat Out of Hell,” one of 16 bombers that launched a surprise attack on Tokyo and other Japanese targets on April 18, 1942.