Publisher's Synopsis
We Dropped the Atom Bomb, first published in 1946 as We Dropped the A-Bomb, is the fascinating first-hand account of the crews of the B-29 bombers which took part in the atomic bomb missions over Hiroshima and Nagasaki to effectively end the war with Japan. Co-author Abe Spitzer was radio operator on the B-29 The Great Artiste, which accompanied the Enola Gay carrying the Hiroshima bomb; he was also the radio operator on Bockscar, which dropped the Nagasaki bomb. The book remains of interest today as it recounts events of these dangerous missions plus describes the mixed emotions of the crewmembers, who, up to the dropping of the first bomb on Hiroshima, were unaware of the exact nature of their deadly cargo.
