Posted on Aug 8, 2018

Last Surviving Crew Member Has 'No Regrets' About Bombing Hiroshima

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"After 73 years, I do not regret what we did that day. All war's hell," he said. "The Japanese started the war; it was our turn to finish it." - 2LT Russell Gackenbach, last living member of Hiroshima bombing.

Last Surviving Crew Member Has 'No Regrets' About Bombing Hiroshima

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Last Surviving Crew Member Has 'No Regrets' About Bombing Hiroshima

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