Enola Gay

The pilot of the Enola Gay was Quincy, Illinois native Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr. who was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force.

Today marks the 73rd anniversary of the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the United States. It was done thanks to a Quincy native.

This historic anniversary happened on Sunday which explains why there was little or no mention of it. It was August 6, 1945 and the United States was involved with World War Two on two fronts, in Europe and also in the South Pacific.  Supplies were waning with fighting going on in two different parts of the world at the same time. So the decision was made by then President Harry Truman to utilize

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Keystone/Getty ImagesIt was August 6, 1945 and the United States was involved with World War Two on two fronts, in Europe and also in the South Pacific.  Supplies were waning with fighting going on in two different parts of the world at the same time...

It was August 6, 1945 and the United States was involved with World War Two on two fronts, in Europe and also in the South Pacific.  Supplies were waning with fighting going on in two different parts of the world at the same time. So the decision was made by then President Harry Truman to utilize an atomic bomb for the first time ever.