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Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 5 of 8	Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 6 of 8	Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 7 of 8	Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 8 of 8

Map showing extent of fire and blast damage to Hiroshima, Japan by the atomic bomb dropped on 6 Aug 1945	Mushroom cloud rising above Hiroshima, Japan, 6 Aug 1945	Mushroom cloud rising over Hiroshima, Japan, 6 Aug 1945. Taken by SSgt George R. 'Bob' Caron, the tail gunner on the B-29 'Enola Gay' using a Fairchild K-20 aerial camera.	Thomas Ferebee, bombadier of B-29 Bomber Enola Gay, with Norden bombsight, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945

LtCol LF Maybach, with pen, completing paperwork relating to Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada, seated, Aug 7, 1945, Libby Field, Davao, Mindanao, Philippines.	USMC PBJ Mitchell pilot Maj Sidney Groff, right, adds the name of Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada to the flight manifest at Libby Field in Davao, Mindanao for transfer to Moret Field, Zamboanga, Philippines, Aug 7, 1945	Battleship Massachusetts bombarding Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan, 9 Aug 1945	Battleship Massachusetts firing a full main battery salvo at Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan, 9 Aug 1945; note projectiles in flight at upper left

Certainly with mixed feelings, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada watches bombs fall on the Japanese 100th Infantry Division headquarters that he had just led the bombers to, Aug 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines	From the radio operator’s position in a USMC PBJ Mitchell, Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada looks for landmarks to find the Japanese 100th Infantry Division headquarters complex, Aug 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines	Growing mushroom cloud from the atomic bomb detonation in Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945. Note the approaching shock wave that the soldiers in the foreground are apparently not yet aware of.	Japanese POW 2Lt Minoru Wada using the intercom aboard a USMC PBJ Mitchell bomber to relay instructions to his interpreter about the location of the Japanese 100th Infantry Division headquarters, Aug 9, 1945

Maeil Sinbo (predecessor of Seoul Sinmun) headlines, 9 Aug 1945: Death of Prince Yi U (center) and 'Enemy's Inhumane Bombing' with new type of weapon (left), 9 Aug 1945	Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 9	Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 9	Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 3 of 9