HOWARD B. DILLMAN Nov 19, 2009
It was from Tinian that a B-29 known as the "Enola Gay" took off to drop the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Howard saw first-hand the damage produced by this bomb a few days later upon a return trip from a bombing mission that took him over what remained of Hiroshima. (Ogden Reporter, IA)
Obama declines offer to visit Hiroshima Nov 14, 2009
In 2003, the museum rejected suggestions that a display of the Enola Gay, the airplane that bombed Hiroshima, should mention how many people died. The bomb dropped on Aug. 6, 1945, killed an estimated 140,000 people. (MSNBC -- International)
Veterans share memories of love and war Nov 11, 2009
From his office window, he could look out and see the Enola Gay. A pipe filled with Prince Albert tobacco steeled his nerve the way writing poems did. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Commentary: What Americans owe to those who serve Nov 9, 2009
And on an August day in 1945, he flew a B-29 he had named for his mother, Enola Gay, to Japan, where he and his crew dropped the atomic bomb on. It was the single most violent act in the history of mankind, and he carried it out without flinching because he believed, in the deepest part of his heart, one thing above all others. (CNN -- US)
Sherborn collects oral history from World War II veterans Nov 8, 2009
He also flew out of Tinian, one of the Mariana Islands, where he witnessed the launch of the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Betty Dowse shared her husband s memory of the scene with Johnson: The Enola Gay and its crew had been kept secreted off in one corner of Tinian s North Field. (Boston Globe)
Review of South Park TV Episode Wha... Nov 3, 2009
For example, the Enola Gay photo felt like a plot device and was not funny. Nevertheless, this is a South Park episode for the ages. (Suite101.com)
Jardine: It's semi-official -- J Street has its own mayor Nov 1, 2009
He served on a ground crew on Tinian Island, from which the B-29s 00004000 Enola Gay and Bockscar departed to drop atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945. Cooney, though, had left the island courtesy of a Japanese soldier stranded on Tinian after the United States invaded and captured it a year earlier. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Hiroshima, Nagasaki to pitch for 2020 Olympics Oct 12, 2009
The city was instantly flattened, and an estimated 140,000 people were killed or died within months after the American bomber Enola Gay dropped its deadly payload in the waning days of World War II.. Three days later, the U.S. dropped a plutonium bomb on the port city of Nagasaki, killing about 80,000. (USA Today -- Sports)
the 1990s as history Oct 2, 2009
I have material on the O.J. Simpson trial, the Smithsonian s unfortunate Enola Gay exhibition, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, TV s most brilliant accomplishment during this period. I devote a chapter to race-based college admissions, not because they were a grave social problem but because they received far more press and electoral attention than any other aspect of affirmative action and make it possible to study the process with a level of detail not available otherwise. (Harper's Magazine)
The Get-Cheney Squad Sep 3, 2009
Can it be that the same United States that honored Col. Paul Tibbets and put his Enola Gay, which dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, on display in its Air and Space Museum is going to prosecute a CIA agent for faking an execution and threatening, but never intending, to kill the children of Khalid Sheik Muhammad. Why is Barack Obama allowing these prosecutions to proceed. (Human Events Online)
Jardine: Streaker with poor sense of direction visits salon Sep 1, 2009
Modesto's Vern Korock was among the SeaBees who built the runway on Tinian Island, from which the Enola Gay and Bockscar B-29s took off to drop the atomic bombs that ultimately ended World War II in 1945. As a result, Lonie Black of Turlock didn't have to fear being in the first wave of U.S. soldiers to invade the Japanese mainland, a strategy that anticipated heavy casualties. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Cracking Khalid Aug 28, 2009
Can it be that the same United States that honored Col. Paul Tibbets and put his Enola Gay, which dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, on display in its Air and Space Museum is going to prosecute a CIA agent for faking an execution and threatening, but never intending, to kill the children of Khalid Sheik Muhammad ... Can it be that the same United States that honored Col. Paul Tibbets and put his Enola Gay, which dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, on display in its Air and Space Museum is going to... (The American Conservative)
Your views: Letters to the editor Aug 24, 2009
The B-29 Superfortress bomber Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima to end World War II was named after the pilots mother. I doubt if she was a lesbian. (Florida Today)
Forum: Going back in time aboard the Enola Gay Aug 23, 2009
He was the navigator on the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima ... Sgt. Murphy whispered to me that he had been aboard one of 53 ships headed for Hokkaido to invade Japan when the Enola Gay dropped its deadly cargo ... Aboard the Enola Gay as it flew away from Hiroshima, and into a world forevermore capable of annihilating itself, one crew member finally found his voice. (Athens Banner-Herald)
* Hiroshimas mayor calls for abolition Aug 7, 2009
Hiroshima was instantly flattened and an estimated 140,000 people were killed or died within months when the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped its deadly payload in the waning days of World War II.. Three days after that attack on Hiroshima, the US dropped a plutonium bomb on the city of Nagasaki, killing about 80,000 people. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Orangeburg connection to August 1945 Aug 6, 2009
He was the man taking pictures from above as the Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. He was behind the camera again on Aug. 9 when a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Hiroshima Mayor Urges End of Nukes Aug 6, 2009
Hiroshima was instantly flattened and an estimated 140,000 people were killed or died within months when the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped its deadly payload in the waning days of World War II.. Three days after that attack on Hiroshima, the U.S. dropped a plutonium bomb on the city of Nagasaki, killing about 80,000 people. (Time.com)
The horror of Hiroshima lives on Aug 5, 2009
As the child of anti-nuclear activists, I was raised to pay attention to two significant dates in American history - the day when the Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress bomber named after the pilot's mother, dropped Little Boy, a five-ton uranium explosion bomb, on Hiroshima; and. the moment, three days later, when another plane, jokingly named Bock's Car (after the plane's original pilot), dropped Fat Man (a moniker supposedly given it in honor of former British prime minister Winston Churchill),... (Asia Times Online)
David Mazzucchelli’s graphic novel ‘Asterios Polyp’ is wildly imaginative Jul 26, 2009
The hero of team Enola Gay is American, a truth tribune who burns the word liar into the forehead of the mealy-mouthed president whom he reports to but ultimately refuses to serve. It s trenchant commentary on American foreign policy in the Age of W., told dynamically and in hot color. (Boston Globe)
Enola Gay crewman dies in La Center Jun 18, 2009
Between them was the name of the bomber, "Enola Gay." ... The Enola Gay became the first plane to accomplish that mission on Aug. 6, 1945, when Col. Paul Tibbets piloted the B-29 from the 509th's base on the Pacific island of Tinian to Hiroshima ... He did refueling for the Enola Gay and the other B-29s and also did guard duty on the base. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Jun 6, 2009
But to make the Enola Gay, named for pilot Col. Paul Tibbets mother, as light as possible to accommodate the weight of the almost 10,000-pound A-bomb nicknamed Little Boy, it had only two tail guns and no armor ... The Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber named for its pilot s mother, dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, on Hiroshima, Japan ... The Enola Gay, in the Smithsonian s possession since 1949, took almost two decades to restore. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
More of this story Jun 4, 2009
Gen. Paul Tibbets Jr. who, flying the B-29 Enola Gay (named after his mother), dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, essentially ending WWII; and Travis Hoover, a member of the Doolittle Raiders that flew B-25s off the aircraft carrier USS Hornet on April 18, 1942, bombing Tokyo, Japan, resulting in the first offensive strike of any significance by the U.S. against Japan in the early part of WWII.. That launch raised the psyche and morale of U.S. citizenry and military beyond anything you can... (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
Economy tests Lockheed, Marietta pairing May 24, 2009
A B-29 identical to those built in Marietta, the Enola Gay, dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The plant closed within weeks of the end of World War II, only to ramp up in 1951 as the Korean War unfolded. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Researchers: Tiny tubes could help fight cancer May 19, 2009
"We tried to develop a biological Enola Gay to deliver at exactly the nano particles.". In the future, the researchers said such nanotubes could be injected into a cancer patient, and laser beams then used to destroy the cancer cells they attach themselves to. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
11 Most Endangered Historic Places May 2, 2009
and the historic Enola Gay hanger at the Historic Wendover Airfield in Wendover, Utah ... The Manhattan Project's Enola Gay Hangar at Wendover Airfield in Utah, also on the list, is at risk of irreparable damage. (ABC News)
Shovel Shops among nations most endangered historic places May 1, 2009
Other sites on the 2009 list include the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles; the Manhattan Project s Enola Gay Hangar at Wendover Airfield in Utah; Frank Lloyd Wright s Unity Temple in Oak Park, Ill. and Mount Taylor in New Mexico, a sacred site for dozens of American Indian tribes. (Easton Journal, MA)
Lanai City listed among 11 endangered historic sites Apr 29, 2009
Also listed are the Utah hangar that housed the Enola Gay B-29 bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and Miami Marine Stadium, which along with the Century Plaza is an example of 1960s modernist architecture that preservationists say is increasingly under threat of redevelopment ... The Enola Gay hangar sits on a remote airfield near the Utah-Nevada border ... The historic Enola Gay hangar at the Historic Wendover Airfield in Wendover, Utah. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Mount Taylor named an endangered historic site Apr 29, 2009
Other places on the 2009 list include the Utah hangar that houses the Enola Gay bomber, which dropped the world s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan; Los Angeles Century Plaza Hotel, designed by the architect who later designed the twin towers of the ; and the cast-iron storefront district in Galveston, Texas, damaged by flooding from Hurricane Ike. Reader Comments. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
National Trust For Historic Preservation Announces 2009 List of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places(R) Apr 28, 2009
2009 List Includes Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles; The Manhattan Project's Enola Gay Hangar at Wendover Airfield in Utah; Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois; and Mount Taylor, New Mexico ... Also on the 2009 list: the Manhattan Project's Enola Gay Hangar at Wendover Airfield in Utah, which, along with other Manhattan Project-era sites, is in a critical state of disrepair; Frank Lloyd Wright's innovative Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois, an architectural icon hobbled by... (PR Newswire)
Nuclear bomber hangar among endangered U.S. sites Apr 28, 2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) The hangar that housed the nuclear bomber Enola Gay and a 1960s Los Angeles hotel are two of the most endangered historic sites in the United States, the National Trust for Historic Preservation said on Monday ... The Enola Gay hangar, which housed the B-29 bomber that dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, is in a critical state of disrepair at the remote Wendover, Utah, airfield, the Trust said. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Lanai City on list of endangered historic sites Apr 28, 2009
Also listed are the Utah hangar that housed the Enola Gay B-29 bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan; the Hawaiian town of Lanai City featuring plantation-style homes built by 1920s pineapple baron James Dole; and Miami Marine Stadium, which along with the Century Plaza is an example of 1960s modernist architecture that preservationists say is increasingly under threat of redevelopment ... The Enola Gay hangar sits on a remote airfield near the Utah-Nevada border ... Also listed... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
No Nukes for You! Apr 13, 2009
Dutch served as the navigator for the Enola Gay, the American B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. He shared his firsthand experience of the monumental event that precipitated the end of World War II and inaugurated the nuclear age. (Townhall.com)
Nuclear survivor tells of two blasts Mar 26, 2009
On August 6, 1945, he was in Hiroshima, preparing to return home from a business trip when the American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, dropped an atomic bomb on the city ... After a three-month stint at the firm's yards in Hiroshima, Mr Yamaguchi was preparing to return to Nagasaki when he heard the Enola Gay circling above. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Millard Kaufman; helped create Mr. Magoo Mar 24, 2009
" Among his TV credits is "Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb. "Early in his Hollywood career, Mr. Kaufman fronted for blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo on the 1950 film-noir crime classic "Gun Crazy. (Boston Globe)
'Mr. Magoo' Co-Creator Dies Mar 19, 2009
His credits also include "Never So Few," "The Warlord," "The Klansman" and "Convicts 4," as well an episode of the television series "Police Story" and the television movie "Enola Gay.". In 1949, he wrote the screenplay for the short film "Ragtime Bear," which featured the first appearance of Mr. Magoo. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Frankenstein Conquers the World Mov... Mar 12, 2009
Before Japanese scientists can experiment on the organ in Hiroshima, the American B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay levels the city with the dropping of a single atomic bomb. With Little Boy totally ruining the scientific welcoming party, the monster's immortal heart bides its time. (Suite101.com)
Living Under the Cloud Feb 17, 2009
The 12 Americans who on Aug. 6, 1945, boarded the B-29 bomber with the name Enola Gay painted on its nose would forget little about that long day ... "I'll never forget the pineapple damn fritters." The Enola Gay left Tinian, in the Marianas chain, at 2:45 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive over Hiroshima, a city at the south end of the Japanese island of Honshu, at 8:15 a.m.; the crew was 15 seconds later than planned ... Says Van Kirk: "I was timing it with my watch. It was supposed to take 43... (Time.com)
