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American bomber pilot Paul W. Tibbets Jr. (center) stands with the ground crew of the bomber “Enola Gay” which Tibbets flew in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Tinian Island, Northern Marianas, August 1945. Ground crew includes (left to right) engine mechanic Private Harold Olsen, Corporal John Jackson, crew chief Staff Sergeant Walter McCaleb, Tibbets, engine mechanic Sergeant Leonard Markley, engine mechanic Sergeant Jean Cooper, engine mechanic Private John Lesnieski. About 120,000 people were killed outright by just one atomic bomb (called “Little Man”) and nearly a quarter million over time from injuries and radiation effects. (Photo by AP Photo)
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