On August 6, 1945, the atomic mission against Hiroshima began. The primary strike aircraft was the B-29 Enola Gay, piloted by Tibbets and carrying the Little Boy bomb. Capt. William “Deak” Parsons ...

The first reports were met with disbelief. A single bomb with the explosive force to level a city; a bomb, detonated with such intensity it burned as bright as — maybe, even brighter than — the sun.

Bockscar, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, is housed at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945, three days after the ...

NAGASAKI, Japan -- The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands and left survivors who hope their harrowing memories ...

VOICES: 75 years after the bombs, peace still needed in the world Urgency to bear witness grows for last Hiroshima victims It is not a date that many people have seared into their memory, but Sept. 2, ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors, known as the “hibakusha,” will host events to share personal stories of the 1945 World War II atomic bombing and engage in discussions of ...