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Rota, 156, 161, 185

Russia. See Soviet Union

Ryan, James Mike, 201

Sachs, Alexander, 7, 64–66

St. Lo , 52

Saipan, 18, 120

Salton Sea, 16, 48, 67, 103

Samurai tradition, 21, 51–52, 72

Sato, Naotake, 276

Scientists

at Los Alamos, 8, 36–41

and second thoughts about use of atomic bomb, 65–67, 136

and security, 31

on Tinian, 181

at Wendover, 55

Seabees, 156

Shape of Things to Come, The (Wells), 273

Shikoku, 249

Shima, Dr. Kaoru, 87–89, 125–26, 199, 224, 235, 251, 258

Shima Clinic, 87, 254, 261

Shimonoseki, 251

Shimpu , 51, 99

Shock waves, 41, 48, 49, 263–64

Shoumatoff, Madame Elizabeth, 108

Showa , 61

Shumard, Robert, 139, 147, 160, 225, 226, 236, 240, 242, 247, 255, 281

Silverplate, 13, 16, 53, 85, 131

603rd Air Engineering Squadron, 56

Slotin, Dr. Louis, 87

Smithsonian Institution, 284

Soviet Union

espionage of, 40, 179

and Japan, 122, 162–63, 169, 191, 196, 276–77

reaction of, to atomic bomb, 273

and Yalta agreements, 123

Spaatz, Carl A., 191, 205–7, 215, 269

Special Bombing Mission No. 13, 225

Spitzer, Abe, diary of, 113, 227, 228, 229

Spruance, Raymond A., 176

Stalin, Joseph, 177–79, 191

Stiborik, Joe, 139, 147, 160, 225, 236, 240, 242, 244, 245, 255, 258, 281

Stimson, Henry L., 15, 89, 92, 109–110, 122–25, 135, 136–38, 178–79, 190–91

Stone, Harlan, 109

Straight Flush , 183, 204, 227, 252, 253

Strange Cargo , 204–5

Strategic Air Command, 279

Strategic Air Forces, 205–6, 219

Strudwick, James, 27

Styer, W. D., 90

Superdumbos, 229

Suzuki, Kantaro, 121–22, 128, 162, 196, 277

Sweeney, Charles, 32–33, 67, 111–13, 181, 218, 226, 230–31, 238, 247

leading second atomic attack, 275–76

Szilard, Leo, 65, 89

Taloa , 200, 201–2, 203–4

Target Committee, 132–34, 136

Target(s) of atomic attack

order of priority, 225, 227

for second attack, 275–76

selecting, 71–72, 92, 132–34, 136–38, 143–47, 215–16, 219

Taylor, Ralph, 227

Teller, Edward, 8

Test flights. See Practice missions

Thornhill, Francis, 186

320th Troop Carrier Squadron, 56

390th Air Service Group, 56

393rd Heavy Bombardment Squadron, 13, 24, 26–27, 52–53

Tibbets, Enola Gay, 14–15

Tibbets, Gene, 69

Tibbets, Lucie, 69–70, 86, 130–31

Tibbets, Paul, 28–29, 31, 53, 56, 76–77, 85, 106, 112, 182, 217, 219

on atomic mission, 244–45, 247–51, 254–58, 262

background of, 14–15

at briefings before strike, 227–29, 237

choice of, to command strike force, 11–14, 16

confrontation with LeMay, 184

and cover names, 171, 208

at departure and takeoff of Enola Gay , 239–244

description of, 14, 67

family life of, 67, 69, 85–86, 130–31

and Lewis, 54, 76–77, 182, 208, 218, 226, 233, 244–45

at Los Alamos, 36–41, 86–87

powers of, as commander, 16, 114–15

reaction to atomic explosion, 262, 263–265

return to Tinian, after mission, 269

since 1945, 279–80, 283–84

skill of, as pilot, 184–86

and target selection, 143–47

on Tinian, 155–57, 179–82, 198–99

treatment of his men, 155, 198

at Wendover, 22, 25–29, 47, 49–50, 85–86, 130–31, 170

Tibbets, Paul, Jr., 69

Tinian, 17, 18, 81, 87, 114, 148

description of, 151–53, 160–61

509th on, 154–56, 165–66, 172, 179–82, 183

Japanese on, 151–55, 183, 187–88, 192–93

today, 283

Togo, Shigenori, 194, 195, 277

Tojo, Hideki, 18, 121

Tokyo

destruction in, 119, 193

incendiary bomb raid on, 97–99

as possible target of atomic bomb, 71

as target of Eatherly’s strike, 186–87, 188

Tokyo Rose, 65, 167–68, 187–88

Top Secret , 227, 238, 249, 256

Torpedoes, human, 72–75, 208–9, 211–12

Toyoda, Soemu, 99, 121

Toyo Industries, 20, 223

Truman, Harry S., 89, 108–110, 115, 121, 122–25, 127–29, 168, 218, 273, 277

and invasion of Japan, 140–41

in Potsdam, 177–79, 191–92, 197

swearing in, as president, 109

warnings to Japan, 128–29, 275

Twentieth Air Force, 78

Twenty-first Bomber Command, 78

Uanna, William L. “Bud,” 26, 27, 30, 52, 56, 93–94, 105–6, 198, 249

Ujina, 274, 275

United Nations, 124, 273

Uranium, 7, 8, 38–39

Uranium bomb, 72, 135, 171

van Kirk, Theodore “Dutch,” 32, 46, 47, 67, 155, 204, 224–25, 226, 236, 242

during atomic mission, 244, 255

since 1945, 281

van Pelt, James, 32

Vatican, reaction of, to atomic bomb, 273

V-E day, 127–28

Waldman, Bernard, 231

Warm Springs (Georgia), 107–8

Weather conditions, consideration of, 146–47, 206, 227, 230, 237, 276

Weather-scout planes, 227, 236, 238, 244, 252, 256

Wells, H. G., 273

Wendover (Utah), 16–17, 22–25, 27, 147–48

Wey, Ken, 186

Wilson, John, 227

Yamamoto, Isoroku, 58

Yanagita, Hiroshi, 202–4, 253, 257, 274–75

Yasuzawa, Matsuo, 117–18, 251–52, 254, 265–67, 282

Yokohama, 132

Yokoyama, Tatsuo, 57, 60, 62, 115–17, 118–19, 141–42, 199, 201, 202

after atomic explosion, 262–63

description of, 17–18

as leader, 18, 21–22

and marriage, 117, 119, 141, 189–90

prior to attack, 247, 253–54, 257

Young, Dr. Don, 196–97, 198, 224–25, 234

Zacharias, Ellis, 129–30

Zeros, Japanese, 50, 51

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