He attached his Medals that were awarded to him by Japan for service prior to WW2. The medals were wired to a 500-lb bomb.
Link to a group of photos taken aboard the USS HORNET, including a few photos of this event.
http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/08.htm
2 atomic bombs and 2 million HE bombs and 5 million incendiary fire bombs
Yes, many months later there was an air raid against Japan called Doolittle's Raid. They flew in big bombers over Japan and dropped bombs. It was a real morale booster for the US.
The second - of two - atomic bombs dropped on Japan was dropped on August 9th, 1945 on Nagasaki.
Atomic bombs, not hydrogen..The U.S. in August 1945.
Japan surrendered after the bombs dropped.
2 atomic bombs and 2 million HE bombs and 5 million incendiary fire bombs
Atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan during WWII.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
Yes, many months later there was an air raid against Japan called Doolittle's Raid. They flew in big bombers over Japan and dropped bombs. It was a real morale booster for the US.
Japan surrendered.
They were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The second - of two - atomic bombs dropped on Japan was dropped on August 9th, 1945 on Nagasaki.
The USA force dropped the atomic bombs on Japan to force them to surrender during the war.
The atomic bomb.
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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