Enola gay plane front window

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Many of the Japanese children who felt the wrath of the bomb, Little Boy, when it exploded are still alive, too. The Enola Gay's mission over Hiroshima was so secret that Tibbets was given cyanide pills, one for each of the crew, so they could commit suicide if they fell into Japanese hands.

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General Paul Tibbets, who commanded the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress he named after his mother, is now 90 and living in Columbus, Ohio.

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