Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

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Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

"Their innocence changed the world forever."

1980

2h 36m

5.7(3 votes)

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Overview

The story of Col. Paul Tibbets and his crew who flew the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, bringing World War II to a close.

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40 members

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Billy Crystal

Lt. Jacob 'Jake' Beser

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Kim Darby

Lucy Tibbets

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Patrick Duffy

Col. Paul Tibbets

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Gary Frank

Maj. Tom Ferebee

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Gregory Harrison

Capt. Bob Lewis

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Stephen Macht

Maj. William 'Bud' Uanna

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Walter Olkewicz

Sgt. Shug Crawford

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Robert Pine

Capt. William 'Deke' Parsons

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James Shigeta

Field Marshal Abehata

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Robert Walden

J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Richard Venture

Alexander Sachs

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Richard Herd

Gen. Groves

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Henry Wilcoxon

Secretary of War Stimson

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Ed Nelson

President Harry S. Truman

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Stephen Roberts

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Michael Tucci

Capt. Claude Eatherly

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Than Wyenn

Gen. Curtis LeMay

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Stephen Burleigh

Theodore Van Kirk

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Marion Yue

Aya

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Bill Morey

Gen. George Marshall

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John Fujioka

Gen. Nagai

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James Saito

Lt. Tatsuo Yamato

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Phillip Pine

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Ned Wilson

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Michael Currie

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Bill Hutton

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Matt McGowan

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Rummel Mor

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Glenn Morrissey

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Stephen Keep Mills

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Stanley Grover

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Peter Jason

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Tony Lucatorto

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Leslie Moonves

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Richard Mulholland

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Jed Nolan

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Lynn Hancock

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Charles Benton

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Will MacMillan

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Peter Fox

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