Audio Clip: 1945-08-06 Atomic Bomb Destroys Hiroshima
World War II History for August 6
6 Aug 1945 - The American B-29 bomber, known as the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb named “Little Boy” was dropped over the center of Hiroshima, Japan. An estimated 140,000 people were killed.
JOHN
August 9, 2009 at 4:04 pm
iT WAS 4 YEARS AGO THAT I WAS PLANING TO ATTEND THE 60 YEAR MORATORIUM OF THE BOMBING THAT CHANGED THE THE WORLD ,ARE LIVES, AND MAN KIND ITS SELF .BECAUSE OF REASONS THAT STILL HURT ME TODAY I DID NOT ATTEND I WISH I HAD ! I HOPE THAT SOON I WILL RETURN TO JAPAN TO BRING BACK A JAPANESE SOLIGERS FLAG THAT MY FATHER HAD BROUGHT BACK FROM THE WAR I WAS TOLD THAT HIS SOUL WILL NEAVER RUTURN TO HIS HOME OR FAMILY UNTIL IT IS BROUGHT HOME ! FROM A MAN THAT HAS BEEN TOLD THAT IS SICK I CAN UNDER STAND THE FELLING I WILL BEFORE I DIE RETURN IT TO JAPAN HAS I PROMISSED SUM ONE I WOULD DO MANEY YEARS AGO.