In order to demonstrate superiority in military power, it was in the United States’ best interest to beat Nazi Germany in the race for a nuclear weapon. This was the first atomic bomb that was successfully dropped by the United States bomber Enola Gay on August 6, 1945, and it marked the beginning of the Nuclear Age. The city “was hidden by that awful cloud…boiling up, mushrooming, terrible and incredibly tall.” 1 Horror, destruction, and death rose over the city of Hiroshima. Clear and out of range, the crew members looked back at what was left. Tail gunner George Caron was able to recognize and warn the crew when the second shock wave was about to hit. They did not know what hit them through all the commotion, the blindness, and the ear ringing, as the plane “cracked and crinkled.” That was the first shock wave. The crew and witnesses were blinded by the absence of color, by the pure white light. SC 3300 – Special Topics: Public HealthĬolonel Tibbets could not see anything through his army-issued anti-glare goggles, so he flung them off.HS 1302 – United States History since 1877.HS 1301 – United States History to 1877.3 Post-Classical History (600 CE-1492 CE).6 Contemporary Latin America (2000-2030).1 Pre-Columbian Latin America (to 1492).4 Late Middle Ages-Renaissance-Reformation Europe (1300-1648).6 Great Depression and WWII (1929-1945).5 Emergence of Modern America (1877-1929).
4 Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877).2 Revolution and Early Republic (1754-1801).