On August 6, 1945, a B-29 aircraft dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima was bombed by a single B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, which flew out of the Pacific Island of Tinian, under the command of Col. Paul Tibbetts.
Telegram from Admiral Richard Edwards to Admiral William Leahy Regarding the Hiroshima Bomb
- 8/6/1945
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This primary source comes from the Collection HST-PSF: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration).
National Archives Identifier: 310987049
Full Citation: Telegram from Admiral Richard Edwards to Admiral William Leahy Regarding the Hiroshima Bomb; 8/6/1945; National Security Council – Atomic File, 1945-1952: Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Subject Files, 1945–1953; Collection HST-PSF: President’s Secretary’s Files (Truman Administration),; Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, MO. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/telegram-admiral-edwards-to-admiral-leahy-hiroshima/, March 26, 2026]
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