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Photograph. Column of smoke mushrooming over Nagasaki after detonation of American atomic bomb over the city. Official...

George Colburn does not believe in bravery. The last thing on your mind is getting a medal. Medals counted for points...

Jack Brukman realized that the big problem was that they were bombing from great heights and could not hit the target [...

Harvey Lee Bishop [Annotator’s Note: a North American P-51 Mustang fighter pilot in the 457th Fighter Squadron, 506th...

John Caudle became very close friends with his crew. It was a lot like family. He went to Clovis, New Mexico and was...

Charles Kneflin had never seen anything like the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber]....

The name of Wendall Woodall's B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] was City of...

Hersey Goodwin does not remember his first mission [Annotator's Note: with the 11th Bombardment Group, 7th Air Force]....

[Annotator's Note: Ittsei Nakagawa was in a factory in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb exploded over the city on...

Russell Gackenbach was briefed either at 11 or 12 o'clock prior to the mission. [Annotator's Note: The mission being...

Charles Struble learned about the atomic bombs being dropped after the aircraft returned [Annotator's Note: nuclear...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Selwyn Gilmore about the weapons he carried.] A little short rifle [Annotator's...

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