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| B-29 Superfortress 'Enola Gay' landing at Tinian, Mariana Islands after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, 6 Aug 1945 | Col. Paul Tibbets Jr. waved from the cockpit of Enola Gay, 6 Aug 1945 | Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 1 of 8 | Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 8 |
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| Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 3 of 8 | Loading 'Little Boy' bomb into B-29 bomber 'Enola Gay', Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945, photo 4 of 8 | 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 |
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| 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 | 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. |
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| Thomas Ferebee, bombadier of B-29 Bomber Enola Gay, with Norden bombsight, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 6 Aug 1945 | 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. | 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 |
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| Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 2 of 9 | Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 3 of 9 | Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 4 of 9 | Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 Aug 1945, photo 5 of 9 |
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