The bombing raid was followed up three days later with second on the industrial city of Nagasaki, inflicting similar devastating damage. It was the actual sight that we saw that caused the crew to feel they were part of Buck Rodgers 25th century warriors.'

'Everyone on the ship is actually dumbstruck even though we had expected something fierce. 'If I live a hundred years, I'll never quite get these few minutes out of my mind.

'Just how many Japs did we kill?.groping for words to explain this or I might say my God, what have we done? 'I am certain the entire crew felt this experience was more than any one human had ever thought possible.

'The city was 50 per cent covered with smoke and a large column of white cloud which in less than three minutes reached 30,000 feet and then went at least 50,000 feet. Captain Lewis said it made 'the greatest explosion man has ever witnessed' A replica of the atomic bomb nicknamed Little Boy.