Three days later, about 80,000 people died after the United States also bombed Nagasaki.
Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World War II.
To this day, the bombings remain the only time nuclear weapons have been unleashed.
Also see:66th Anniversary of Operation Overlord: Normandy Landings.
It was the first use of nuclear weapons in warfare.
It was picked up from an Australian engineer at Kure, Japan.
Note the radiation spots on the negative because of the explosion of the A-bomb, almost ruining the film.
Japan surrendered on Aug. 14, 1945.
They discuss the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.
All are members of crew that participated in historic mission.
From Left to Right are; Sgt.
R. Gallagher, Chicago; S. Sgt.
A. M. Spitzer, Bronx, New York, Capt.
Albury, Miami, Fla., Capt.
Buckley, Lisbon, Ohio; T. Sgt.
A. T. Dehart, Plainview, Tex., and M. Sgt.
Kuharek, Columbus, Neb.
A B-29 plane delivered the blast killing approximately 70,000 people, with thousands dying later of radiation effects.
Circles delineate the thousands of feet from ground zero.
(AP Photo/Nagarekawa Church)
Maj. Thomas Ferebee, left, of Mocksville, N.C., and Capt.
Ferebee dropped the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, and Beahan dropped the bomb over Nagasaki.
The day before Tibbets named the B-29 Superfortress after his mother “Enola Gay.”
(AP Photo)
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