Much has been written about the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki following the use of atomic bombs and the effect of the attack on civilian life in Japan. But what of the American servicemen commissioned to carry out this serious task? Now, the crewmen of the Enola Gay and the Bockscar speak out about what happened during those fateful days, and how the weight of their task has changed them forever.
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REMEMBERING THE COMMANDER OF THE ENOLA GAY. November 1st, Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the commander and pilot of the Enola Gay, died at the age of 92. Tibbets guided the famous plane, named after his mother, over the Pacific and dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in the final days of World War II.
