Truman said following the attack, “”Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima…The force from which the sun draws its powers has been loosed against those who brought the war in the Far East.” He later said, “The atom bomb was no “great decision.” It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.” Truman’s presidency is most often defined by his decision to drop the atomic bomb to end World War II that ultimately saved both Allied and Japanese lives. Today the Enola Gay is a permanent exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum. The Hiroshima bombardment killed less people than the. The initial blast killed 80,000 people and the final death toll has been estimated between 90,000-100,000. Paul Tibbets confessed that he had never any problems to sleep after dropping the bomb over Hiroshima. The Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. On the morning of August 6, Tibbets and his crew of 12 took off from Tinian in the Mariana Islands in the Pacific and headed for Hiroshima. CHANTILLY, VA - AUGUST 18: Names of the people who flew the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, the Enola Gay, are painted on the side of the restored and reasembled plane in the new Smithsonian Air and Space Museums Udvar-Hazy Center, Augin Chantilly, Virginia. The Enola Gay was one of 15 B-29 designed specifically for the transport atomic bombs. On the morning of August 5, Tibbets formally named the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, after his mother. Paul Tibbets, who by reputation, was considered the best flyer in the Army Air Corps was selected as the commander of the mission. It may be the fire destruction prophesied in the Euphrates Valley Era, after Noah and his fabulous Ark.” Truman wrote about the atomic bomb, “We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world. The declaration stated that if Japan did not surrender, it would face “prompt and utter destruction.” Japan ignored the ultimatum. On July 26, 1945, the Postdam Declaration was issued by President Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chang Kai-Shek calling for the surrender of Japan as outline by the Potsdam Conference. And that particular moment changed the whole world around. Eddie, New York, US The 9th August 1945 attack on Nagasaki was carried out by a B29 Superfortress flown by Major Charles Sweeney of the. But once upon a time, you flew a plane called the Enola Gay over the city of Hiroshima, in Japan, on a Sunday morning - Augand a bomb fell. Truman had only assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin Roosevelt in April. The Enola Gay dropped the bomb 'Little Boy' on Hiroshima. This decision drop the bomb was made by President Harry Truman. Robert Oppenheimer and came about due to rising fears that Nazi Germany was developing nuclear weapons. The Manhattan Project was led by the United States along with the Great Britain and Canada under the scientific direction of Dr. 6, 1945, when Tibbets flew the B-29 bomber Enola Gay over the Japanese city of Hiroshima and released a 10,000-pound atomic bomb dubbed 'Little Boy.' The blast killed between 70,000 and. Named, Little Boy, the bomb was developed by the Manhattan Project. 65 years ago today the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.