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Box 1

 Container

Contains 36 Results:

Jeppson, Morris Addressee: Dear Bill

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
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Reflecting on the Hiroshima mission. Rudin # M-5A

Dates: 1914-2009.

Gallagher, Ray Addressee: Mr. Schwab Writer's location:, December 24, 1986

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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Reflects on current thinking regarding the use of the atomic bomb. Rudin # M-7A

Dates: December 24, 1986

Sweeney, Charles Writer's location: Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17
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Pilot describes shock waves and fireball resulting from the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Rudin # M-8

Dates: August 9, 1945

Tibbets, Paul , August 6, 1945

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19
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"The plane was named "Enola Gay" after my mother," plus a second signature card. Rudin # M-10

Dates: August 6, 1945

Tibbets, Paul Writer's location: Columbus, Ohio, September 29, 1979

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19A
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Tibbets defends his President's decision to use the atomic bomb. Rudin # M-11

Dates: September 29, 1979

Tibbets, Paul Writer's location: New York, August 7, 1945

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 20
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Souvenir facsimile of the front page of the New York Times announcing the bombing of Hiroshima, signed by Paul Tibbets. Rudin # M-12

Dates: August 7, 1945