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Signed book inscribed: "Tibbets, I and the rest of the crew dropped the bomb at Hiroshima and killed thousands of Japanese but we also saved thousands of lives on both sides..

Signed book inscribed: "Tibbets, I and the rest of the crew dropped the bomb at Hiroshima and killed thousands of Japanese but we also saved thousands of lives on both sides..

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Signed book inscribed: "Tibbets, I and the rest of the crew dropped the bomb at Hiroshima and killed thousands of Japanese but we also saved thousands of lives on both sides..

by Van Kirk, [ATOM BOMB]

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Bush, Vannevar. Navigator on the "Enola Gay", the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. Signed book "Modern Arms and Free Men" hardcover with dust jacket, 273 pages. Signed "Theodore J. Van Kirk , Navigator - Enola Gay , Hiroshima- 6 Aug 1945" Entirely in his own hand Van Kirk writes a historic inscription: "This year, 1949, the Russians tested their first atomic bomb. Interesting book on the impact of the atomic bomb, and warfare strategy. Page 91states: 'the use of the atomic bomb ended the war.' That is essentially true, Tibbets, I and the rest of the crew dropped the bomb at Hiroshima and killed thousands of Japanese, but we also saved thousands of lives on both sides by ending the war as soon as possible." In excellent condition.

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Signed book inscribed: "Tibbets, I and the rest of the crew dropped the bomb at Hiroshima and killed thousands of Japanese but we also saved thousands of lives on both sides..
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Van Kirk, [ATOM BOMB]
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