[WORLD WAR II]. Signed photograph of mushroom cloud over Hiroshima, Japan, 6 August 1945.

Approx. 8 x 10 in. (including margins) digitally printed halftone image featuring the mushroom cloud over the city of Hiroshima, captioned "Hiroshima, Japan August 6, 1945" beneath image (creased, bent throughout).

SIGNED by 5 crew members of the Enola Gay: Colonel Paul Tibbets ("Paul Tibbets, Pilot") -- Captain Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk ("Dutch Van Kirk, Navigator") -- Major Thomas Ferebee ("Tom Ferebee, Bombardier") -- Private First Class Richard Nelson ("Dick Nelson, Radio") -- Second Lieutenant Morris R. Jeppson ("Morris R. Jeppson, Weapon Test Officer, Enola Gay Mission, 6 Aug. 1945")

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[WORLD WAR II]. Signed photograph of mushroom cloud over Hiroshima, Japan, 6 August 1945.

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