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“A Bright Light Filled the Plane"Newsweek Magazine; July 24, 1995
by Colonel Tibits, Pilot of Enola Gay
'A bright light filled the plane,' wrote Lt. Col. Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb. "We turned back to look at Hiroshima. The city was hidden by that awful cloud...boiling up, mushrooming." For a moment, no one spoke. Then everyone was talking at once. "Look at that! Look at that! Look at that!" exclaimed the co-pilot, Robert Lewis, pounding on Tibbet's shoulder. Lewis said he could taste the atomic fission: it tasted like lead. Then he turned away to write in his journal. "My God," he asked himself, "what have we done?"
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Questions to Consider While Reading
Andrea 411414• Evaluate how Stimpson=s views on the nature of war influenced his decision to support the immediate use of the atomic bomb on Japan.
Andrea 415418• Describe the effects the dropping of the atomic bomb had on the people of Hiroshima. Evaluate whether or not atomic warfare is necessary?
Handout A• Before reading the article state your opinion on whether or not the U.S. HAD to drop the bomb on Japan. After reading the article rediscuss the same question.
Debate the Aim using the documents you’ve read.
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Little Boy
Fat Man
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Morally Wrong vs. Strategically Right
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