They dropped the bomb

On the morning of August 6, 1945, many Japanese children and some workers were in the open helping to build firebreaks. In the sky above was an American B-29, named the Enola Gay by its pilot, Col. Paul Tibbets, for his mother. About 8:15 a.m., the Enola Gay dropped a never-before-tested uranium bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
Three days later, there was a second atomic bombing, of Nagasaki, Japan. Shor...