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Here's why the pilot of Enola Gay had no regrets about dropping the first atom bomb designed by...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA view of Hiroshima after the dropping of the atom bomb on August 6, 1945.Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty...
Explore the Abandoned Base Where WWII-Era Planes Tried A-Bombs on For Size
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 10 months agoThe Ghost Town Where They Fit A-Bombs Into PlanesJORDAN UTLEY Wendover Air Force Base in Utah was...
Elmira's connection with Paul Tibbets Jr. and the Enola Gay
The Star Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn June 26, 1940, young pilot Lt. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., was summoned to aid Col. Samuel R. Hopkins,...
Haunting photos show the day the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAn aerial photograph of Hiroshima shortly after the "Little Boy" atomic bomb was dropped in...
‘Big dreams in little Wendover’: Could this town be the new home of the National Championship Air...
KTVX via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWENDOVER, Utah (ABC4) – If you find yourself in the small desert town of Wendover, you’ll see the...
This Week in Dayton History: 'Leap Day' babies, 1913 Flood rally flag found, Museum turns down Enola...
Dayton Daily News, Ohio via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFeb. 29—Dayton has a fascinating history, which the Dayton Daily News has been there to chronicle since 1898. Each week, we're going into the archives for stories both important and interesting ...
Iconic Atomic Bomb Blast Imagery From Japan Almost Never Happened
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBettmann via Wikimedia Commons/unknown author via Wikimedia commons/Ted H. Lambert via Wikimedia...
Hiroshima bombing flight book, Mozart manuscript offered at varied auction
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA handwritten Mozart manuscript, a flight book from the bombing of Hiroshima and a fragment from a...
Hopkinton World War II vet, 101, visits American Heritage Museum in Hudson
The Metrowest Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHUDSON — At 101, Russell Phipps is still sharp as a tack — and quick with a joke, even when he’s...
Voices: The Top 10 songs about historical events
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis list was borrowed from Simon Sebag Montefiore, whose book The World includes the claim that “Sympathy for the Devil” is “the best history song of...