I was not alive seventy-two years ago this month, but my father was, serving as a B-29 bomber ground crew chief on Kwajalein when planes of the 509th bomb group passed through, en route to Tinian. Unlike all other bombers, … Continue reading
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We have reached the 70th anniversary of the atomic destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They ended a World War, ushered in a Cold War, and guaranteed we will live forever under a mushroom cloud. I grew up at a time … Continue reading