Tag: Nagasaki
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Eighty years ago this week, a flock of flyboys saved the world | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The flyboys were in the air as long as 17 hours on the night bombing raids from the Mariana Islands to Tokyo. Round trip was approximately 3,000 miles. Along the way the crews — average age 22 — faced Japanese Zeros, anti-aircraft fire, mechanical issues, air…
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Eight decades after Hiroshima, a new nuclear arms race is underway
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NAGASAKI, Japan • Eighty years ago, on Aug. 6, 1945, as the Enola Gay winged its way back to the Pacific Island of Tinian, pilot Paul Tibbets reflected on his successful mission — the destruction of…