Three men who took part in the mission and survived imprisonment signed two of the titles.

The collection joins 200 other books in a section earmarked for the school's Veterans' Scholarship Program.

The program, started by Sisters resident Lynn Johnston, offers a $2,500 college scholarship. To qualify, students must complete a project involving veterans. These can include an interview, a related movie or book report, time with a VFW project, or a project of their choosing.

The collection is often the starting place.

"This is a well-used section of our library," said high school Media Specialist Sue Beck. "In addition to the Veteran program, Mr. Burton's U.S. History classes use books from this section and all senior English classes use these titles to study the Holocaust."

The new Doolittle collection includes the books "Four Came Home," "Destination: Tokyo," "James H. 'Jimmy' Doolittle," "The Amazing Story of Sergeant Jacob DeShazer" and "The First Heroes."

The collection also contains the video "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (starring Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson), an article on the raiders from an aviation magazine, DeShazer pamphlets and tracts and information about and from Robert Hite, one of the raiders.

Hite and Jacob DeShazer along with Chase Neilson are the only survivors of the nine who were captured by the Japanese, tortured and imprisoned for three years during the war. Three others were executed and two died in prison of malnutrition.

The 61st anniversary of the Doolittle Raid is Friday, April 18.

"Their story is very compelling to say the least," said Sisters resident David Banks, who donated the collection.

Banks became a student of the Doolittle mission when a sample book on the prisoners arrived in the mail from a printing company.

"I became fascinated by the story of the survivors. So, I looked them up and called and thanked them for their service," Banks said. "I've been corresponding with them for the past year or so. They are some of the most amazing, kind and interesting people you can imagine."