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Ausgust 6 1945
At 8:15 AM "little boy" was dropped upon Hiroshima by the U.S. B-29 Enola Gay.
President Harry "Give 'em Hell" Truman made the decision to use the atomic bomb in an effort to end the war quickly and avoid a costly invasion. Navy Capt. William "Deak" Parsons, Manhattan Project Scientist Sgt. Joseph S. Stiborik, radar operator S/Sgt. George R. Caron, tail gunner Pfc. Richard H. Nelson, radio operator Sgt. Robert H. Shumard, assistant engineer S/Sgt. Wyatt E. Duzenbury, flight engineer Capt. Theodore J. Van Kirk, navigator Maj. Thomas W. Ferebee, bombardier Col. Paul W. Tibbets, 509th Group CO and pilot Capt. Robert A. Lewis, co-pilot Lt. Jacob Beser, radar countermeasure officer Lt. Morris R. Jeppson, bomb electronics test officer |
boom
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"Give em Hell":glugglug
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:( bad day
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hell yes!
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