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The United States
Drops The Atomic Bomb
"Little Boy", On Hiroshima, Japan..
On August 6, 1945 a B29 of the 393rd Bombardment Squad known
as the Enola Gay Departs Tinian Military Airport at 2:45 am with a crew
of 12. At 8:15 am the Enola Gay at 31,060 feet drops a five ton Atomic
Bomb "Little Boy", on Hiroshima, Japan. Upon dropping of the atomic,
the bomb took a tremendous toll on the people of Hiroshima.
An unknown
amount of victims were killed. Many reports indicate people were instantly
vaporized and burned by the infra red heat waves. Reports are also indicating
that those who survived the blast will die from radiation exposure to gamma
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