Tim Gray Media/WWII Foundation recognized with Emmy Award

TIM GRAY is shown at the World War II Memorial in Providence. Tim Gray Media/World War II Foundation picked up another Emmy Award this week for "Doolittle's Raiders: A Final Toast.” 
 / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY
TIM GRAY is shown at the World War II Memorial in Providence. Tim Gray Media/World War II Foundation picked up another Emmy Award this week for "Doolittle's Raiders: A Final Toast.” / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Tim Gray Media and The World War II Foundation were awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Historical Documentary Program for their program, “Dootlittle’s Raiders: A Final Toast” by the Washington, D.C./Capital Region Emmy Chapter on June 25.
The 58th Emmy Awards ceremony was held at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. The Emmy Awards Gala honors excellence in television production in various sectors of the television industry including entertainment programming, news and documentary shows, sports programming and craft categories.

This is the fourth Emmy Award that Tim Gray Media and the World War II Foundation won for their films this month. The foundation was awarded Emmys at the Boston/New England Emmy Awards competition for Outstanding Documentary, Outstanding Writer and Outstanding Music Composition (Roger Cichy).

“We dedicate tonight’s Emmy Award in honor of Doolittle Raider David Thatcher who passed away this week,” Tim Gray, producer, writer and director of the Doolittle film, said in a statement. “With David’s passing, only 101-year-old Dick Cole is still alive from the original 80 men who took part in the April 18, 1942 raid on Tokyo led by famed pilot Jimmy Doolittle.”

Cole and Thatcher were co-pilots on the secret raid carried out by 16 American B-25 bombers; it was launched off the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet in rough seas.

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“I want to thank our editor Jim Karpeichik for his outstanding work on this film,” Gray said. “Cameraman Geoff Doyle and his DC based crew did amazing work in Washington as we followed the remaining Raiders around the area during one of their previous visits to the area. Tim Holbert of the American Veterans Center and his boss Jim Roberts were the driving forces behind this project, as was Richard Dressner. They were all amazing to work with throughout.”

Gray went on to thank the Doolittle Raiders family for allowing them to share their story.

“We get to speak with heroes every day and that is reward enough,” Gray concluded in his acceptance speech.

A list of winners can be found HERE.

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