Hiroshima aftermath The 65th anniversary of the first use of an atomic bomb against people has been remembered in a ceremony Thursday in Hiroshima , Japan. The atomic bomb, code-named " Little Boy ", was dropped on Hiroshima at precisely 08:15 local time on August 6, 1945 by the specially converted United States Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber Enola Gay piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets , who later retired as a brigadier general in the United States Air Force . U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos also attended, marking the first time that a U.S. representative has attended the ceremony. Meanwhile, some conservatives in the United States have criticised the choice for Roos to attend. Gene Tibbets, the son of retired Brigadier General Tibbets said on Fox News , "It's making the Japanese look like they're the poor people, like they didn't do anything. They hit Pearl Harbor, they struck us. We didn't slaughter the Japanese. We stopped the war." Three days after Hiroshima, another atomic bomb, " Fat Man ", was dropped on nearby Nagasaki . The Japanese Government surrendered unconditionally on August 15, and signed the formal surrender on the USS Missouri on September 2 in Tokyo Bay .
Hiroshima aftermath The 65th anniversary of the has been remembered in a ceremony Thursday in , Japan. The atomic bomb, code-named " ", was dropped on Hiroshima at precisely 08:15 local time on August 6, 1945 by the specially converted bomber piloted by Colonel , who later retired as a brigadier general in the . U.S. Ambassador to Japan also attended, marking the first time that a U.S. representative has attended the ceremony. Meanwhile, some conservatives in the United States have criticised the choice for Roos to attend. Gene Tibbets, the son of retired Brigadier General Tibbets said on , "It's making the Japanese look like they're the poor people, like they didn't do anything. They hit Pearl Harbor, they struck us. We didn't slaughter the Japanese. We stopped the war." Three days after Hiroshima, another atomic bomb, " ", was dropped on nearby . The Japanese Government surrendered unconditionally on August 15, and signed the formal surrender on the on September 2 in .
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