Editor's note: This story first appeared in The Charlotte Observer on Aug. 6, 1995, the 50th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb. Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, is the 80th anniversary.
But as the Superfortress Enola Gay pushed toward Hiroshima, Japan, Tibbets climbed out of his seat to check on his men and out of a sudden impulse divulged the secret: Little Boy was atomic. Tom ...
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