President Truman made one last demand, one final appeal. The summer of 1945 was indeed an anxious one as Allied and American forces gathered for the inevitable invasion of the Japanese homeland. This year, 2005, marks the sixtieth year since the end of World War II.
On this occasion, the surviving members of the Enola Gay crew would like the opportunity to issue a joint statement. Tibbets, Theodore “Dutch� Van Kirk, & Morris R.