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RIP Dutch.
TrinityScrimshaw
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Army Air Corps Major Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, the last surviving crewman of the Enola happy, has died, he was 93.
Major Van Kirk was the navigator when the B-29 Superfortress bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.
His decorations included the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and 15 Air Medals.
RIP Dutch.
Trinity +++
Major Van Kirk was the navigator when the B-29 Superfortress bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.
His decorations included the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and 15 Air Medals.
RIP Dutch.
Trinity +++
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along with all our lost heroes , may time and the people remember what they sacrificed .
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