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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,...
Here's why the pilot of Enola Gay had no regrets about dropping the first atom bomb designed by...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA view of Hiroshima after the dropping of the atom bomb on August 6, 1945.Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty...
Haunting photos show the day the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn aerial photograph of Hiroshima shortly after the "Little Boy" atomic bomb was dropped in...
The TV show that ambushed a Hiroshima survivor with an Enola Gay pilot
Military Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe bizarre interaction caused many, including Jack Gould at The New York Times, to accuse the show...
World War II vet, 97, was on the front lines of history
Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 1—POTTSVILLE — As was customary at the time, Leonard Patinsky enlisted in the Army several months after he graduated from Minersville High School in 1943. Little did he know that, less ...
Opinion: 'Oppenheimer' is here. Is Hollywood still afraid of the truth about the atomic bomb?
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 10 months agoChristopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" joins a relatively short list of studio productions that tackle...
Pueblo WWII veteran who visited Hiroshima after atomic bomb reflects on life and service
The Pueblo Chieftain via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWorld War II Army Air Corps veteran Bruce Elson, soon to be 100 years old, vividly recalls visiting...
Famous birthdays for Feb. 23: Dakota Fanning, Kristin Davis
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDakota Fanning arrives for the 26th annual SAG Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles...
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...
Flashback: ‘My God!’: Eyewitness accounts reach Detroit after Hiroshima bombing in 1945
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe United States dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, 78 years ago today. The following story,...