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Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Commanding officer and pilot Col. Paul W. Tibbits Jr. waves from the cockpit of his bomber at its base in Tinian, Aug. 6, 1945, shortly before dropping the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. Tibbits named the B-29 Superfortress after his mother, "Enola Gay."
Listen: CBS News' Peter Maer reports on the Enola Gay.
Author: CBS News Staff
Credit: AP
