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War's End

An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission

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War's End

By: Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney, James A. Antonucci - contributor, Marion K. Antonucci - contributor
Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
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On August 9, 1945, on the tiny island of Tinian in the South Pacific, a 25-year-old American Army Air Corps major named Charles W. Sweeney climbed aboard a B-29 Superfortress in command of his first combat mission, one devised specifically to bring a long and terrible war to a necessary conclusion....

The last military officer to command an atomic mission, Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney has the unique distinction of having been an integral part of both the Hiroshima and the Nagasaki bombing runs. Now updated with a new epilogue from the coauthor, Sweeney's book is an extraordinary chronicle of the months of careful planning and training; the setbacks, secrecy, and snafus; and the nerve-shattering final seconds and the astonishing aftermath of what is arguably the most significant single event in modern history: the employment of an atomic weapon during wartime.

©1997, 2018 Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney, James A. Antonucci, and Marion K. Antonucci (P)2020 Tantor Military Military & War Weapons & Warfare World War II Air Force War Imperial Japan US Air Force
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a very good history lesson of the events that closed ww2 very interesting and quite moving at times

A moving testament that we can learn a lot from

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Many corrections to public records are revealed. They may seem small to casual readers but to those broadly read on these events they are significant in revealing misquotes, distortions and deliberate misrepresentations. Thank you Chuk.

Corrects much misreporting

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