It would be another 27 days - plus a second nuclear mushroom over Nagasaki - before Japan surrendered, ending a war that began with its 1937 invasion of China and stretched across the Asia-Pacific region. “They certainly don’t care to have us drop any more bombs of atomic energy like this.” “After a few last looks, I honestly feel the Japs may give up before we land at Tinian,” where Enola Gay was stationed, he said. My God, what have we done?” he added in the cursive lettering of the day.
“I honestly have the feeling of groping for words to explain this. “Just how many Japs did we kill?” wondered Lewis after the dazzling silver B-29 bomber dropped the first atom bomb over Hiroshima, Japan - and, in doing so, altered the course of history forever. Washington: The Enola Gay was on its long flight back to its Pacific island base when co-pilot Captain Robert Lewis opened his log and scribbled down the many questions racing through his mind.
