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The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki


Thumbnail for Atom Bomb Burst Over Nagasaki, Japan On 9 Aug. 1945. Two Planes Of The 509Th Composite Group, Part Of The 313Th Wing Of The 20Th Air Force, Participated In This Mission; One To Carry The Bomb, The Other To Act As Escort. - Page 7Atom Bomb Burst Over Nagasaki, Japan On 9 Aug. 1945. Two Planes Of The 509Th Composite Group, Part Of The 313Th Wing Of The 20Th Air Force, Participated In This Mission; One To Carry The Bomb, The Other To Act As Escort. - Page 7
Thumbnail for Atom Bomb Burst Over Nagasaki, Japan On 9 August 1945.  Two Planes Of The 509Th Composite Group, Part Of The 313Th Wing Of The 20Th Air Force, Participated In This Mission; One To Carry The Bomb, The Other To Act As Escort. - Page 3Atom Bomb Burst Over Nagasaki, Japan On 9 August 1945. Two Planes Of The 509Th Composite Group, Part Of The 313Th Wing Of The 20Th Air Force, Participated In This Mission; One To Carry The Bomb, The Other To Act As Escort. - Page 3
Thumbnail for At Nagasaki, Japan Only Rubble Remains Near The Point Where The Atomic Bomb Was Dropped.  Nagasaki Was So Pulverized That Only A Few Shacks Could Be Rebuilt Out Of Debris. - Page 1At Nagasaki, Japan Only Rubble Remains Near The Point Where The Atomic Bomb Was Dropped. Nagasaki Was So Pulverized That Only A Few Shacks Could Be Rebuilt Out Of Debris. - Page 1
Thumbnail for 1St Lt. D.A. Mcgovern, Buffalo, N.Y., Usaf, Member Of The Newsreel Pool, Stands At Exact Spot Where The Atomic Bomb Dropped At Nagasaki, Japan.  This Spot Is Now Called "Zero".  In The Distant Background May Be Seen The Urakami Cathedral.  8 September 194 - Page 11St Lt. D.A. Mcgovern, Buffalo, N.Y., Usaf, Member Of The Newsreel Pool, Stands At Exact Spot Where The Atomic Bomb Dropped At Nagasaki, Japan. This Spot Is Now Called "Zero". In The Distant Background May Be Seen The Urakami Cathedral. 8 September 194 - Page 1
Thumbnail for This Was Hiroshima Before A Single B-29 Dropped One Bomb By Parachute [Sic] Over The City. There Were Streets, Buildings, Factories, Houses And Peopele. - Page 1This Was Hiroshima Before A Single B-29 Dropped One Bomb By Parachute [Sic] Over The City. There Were Streets, Buildings, Factories, Houses And Peopele. - Page 1
Thumbnail for One Year After The Dropping Of The First Atom Bomb, Hiroshima, Japan, Is Still A Town Of Rubble And Debris.  This Steel Frame Building (The Shimomuna Watch Shop) Had Its First Story Columns Buckle Away From The Terrific Forces Of The Blast, Dropping The S - Page 1One Year After The Dropping Of The First Atom Bomb, Hiroshima, Japan, Is Still A Town Of Rubble And Debris. This Steel Frame Building (The Shimomuna Watch Shop) Had Its First Story Columns Buckle Away From The Terrific Forces Of The Blast, Dropping The S - Page 1
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Thumbnail for Marianas Islands.  Major Charles W. Sweeney, Pilot Of The B-29 'Bockscar' Which Dropped The Atomic Bomb On Nagasaki, Japan, 9 August 1945, Is Shown Before His Mission Shaking Hands With Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Pilot Of The B-29 'Enola Gay' Which Atom-Bom - Page 1Marianas Islands. Major Charles W. Sweeney, Pilot Of The B-29 'Bockscar' Which Dropped The Atomic Bomb On Nagasaki, Japan, 9 August 1945, Is Shown Before His Mission Shaking Hands With Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Pilot Of The B-29 'Enola Gay' Which Atom-Bom - Page 1
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