Reminders from Our Flag
for Tuesday, August 6, 2019​​​

Half-Staff Alerts for August 6  ​
ALL FLAGS, US & STATE FLAGS, are HALF-STAFF ACROSS the USA to honor the victims of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio until sunset on Thursday, August 8.

GO HERE to review details about the half-staffs and their honorees

​Today's Historical Moment
... Bombing of Hiroshima ...

[ The B-29 "Enola Gay" piloted by Captain Paul Tibbets dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Pictured is Tibbetts (center) and his flight crew = public domain image ]

On this date, August 6, 1945 (74 years ago), Hiroshima, Japan, was destroyed by the world's first atomic bomb attack.  This first atomic bombing by the Allies (U.S. with approval from U.K.) was done by a special outfitted B-29 Superfortress bomber that flew from Tinian to its target and back.  The bombing killed between 90,000 to 146,000 people in Hiroshima.  The decision was made to drop the bomb after the Japanese ignored the Allies call for an unconditional surrender or receive "prompt and utter destruction."

[ Before and after photos of Hiroshima's bombing destruction = public domain image ]

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