Young Men and Bombs

FLYBOYS: The crew of the Enola Gay poses in front of the plane after the Hiroshima mission
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Morris R. Jeppson, 83
Weapon Test Officer on the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima

Theodore "Dutch" J. Van Kirk, 84
Navigator on the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima

Frederick L. Ashworth, 93
Weaponeer on the Bockscar, the B-29 that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki on Aug. 9

Charles "Don" Albury, 84
Co-pilot on a B-29 that accompanied the Enola Gay and on the Bockscar

The Japanese Pilot
One man, training to pilot a submarine on a suicide mission, remembers Hiroshima

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