The Purple Heart of wartime propaganda that had a stereotypical portrayal of the Japanese (usually by actors of non-Japanese origin) as sadistic tyrants trying to wrest the secret of their aircraft carrier's location during torture sessions. The 16 air crews did arrive over Japan from the USS Hornet (CV-8). President Franklin D. Roosevelt said the crews came from Shangri-La, a fictional place described in the 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" by British author James Hilton. The USS Shangri-La (CV-38) was commissioned in 1944. "The Purple Heart" was based on the real-life story of eight Doolittle Raiders who were captured from two different crews: Lieutenants
Another Day in Paradise (novel) on an ever-tightening spiral to hell, his crimes escalating until they include murder. The plot, which highlights Bobbie's increasing dependence on the highs of violence, emphasizes a frightening reality. On January 27, 2006, in the Moscow-based alternative newspaper "the eXile", essayist John Dolan leveled charges of plagiarism against James Frey, author of "A Million Little Pieces", accusing him of lifting material from "Another Day in Paradise" and another Little work, "Steel Toes". Neither Frey, nor his publisher Random House, have addressed the allegations of plagiarism. Another Day in Paradise (novel) Another Day in Paradise is a novel by Eddie Little