B-29 ENOLA GAY BECAME FAMOUS TODAY
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B-29 ENOLA GAY BECAME FAMOUS TODAY
69 years ago today, August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay dropped the A-Bomb on Hiroshima, and convinced a savage and fanatic enemy to surrender.
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There was a recent report that the last surviving crew member from the Enola Gay had just passed away.
He was the navigator, Theodore (Dutch) Van Kirk who passed away at Stone Mountain, Georgia on Monday 28th July aged 93.
They did what needed to be done. R.I.P. Soldier.
David
He was the navigator, Theodore (Dutch) Van Kirk who passed away at Stone Mountain, Georgia on Monday 28th July aged 93.
They did what needed to be done. R.I.P. Soldier.
David
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My Dad's division was slated for the invasion of Japan scheduled for 1946. With the casualties expected, he and a lot of other GI's and Marines probably would have become KIA's and WIA's. I can tell you he NEVER expressed any regret about our country dropping the atomic bombs and ending the war!
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It was 73 years ago today.
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My father as well. His unit was to rehab every DUKW they could find in southern Germany and accompany them to the Pacific.Hammerhead wrote:My Dad's division was slated for the invasion of Japan scheduled for 1946. With the casualties expected, he and a lot of other GI's and Marines probably would have become KIA's and WIA's. I can tell you he NEVER expressed any regret about our country dropping the atomic bombs and ending the war!
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The Enola Gay became famous again here in the U.K. in the Eighties, when a pop group sang about her. I understand the Enola Gay is in a museum ? Is this correct ?
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Enola Gay is restored and on display at the Edvar Hazy portion of the Smithsonion. Do a web search, it is impressive.
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I saw it at the Paul E. Garber facility in the early 90’s while it was being restored. They had us run our hands along its skin to test polishes for eventual display. My dad was also part of the Japan invasion fleet in 1945. He said it took forever to get home since so many ships were stacked up waiting for the big day. Good thing the invasion never happened, it would have been massively costly to both sides.
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It was being restored at the Paul E. Garver facility in the 1990s. Most of the restoration work was moved to the Udvar-Hazy facility sometime later. Silver Hill, as the Garver facility was also know as, was really cool. It was the Smithsonian’s storage facility and restoration shop back then. There was an unbelievable amount of unrestored German and Japanese rocket and jet aircraft!
https://airandspace.si.edu/about/histor ... r-facility
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HIROSHIMA plus 74 Years.
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We mustn't forget Hiroshima plus 75 years.
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