JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post Part of the Atomic and Nuclear Weapons series
The Chicago Daily Tribune covered the Hiroshima bombing of 6 August with a number of different articles, including statements from the Enola Gay crew members, explanations of how atomic bombs “worked” from the physics aspects, President Truman’s bearing on the proceedings, news of a number of other B-29’s ready and waiting to be sent on missions with similar bombs, and so on. That “so on” doesn’t actually include that much coverage at this stage, amounting probably to two or three full pages of text. There were no pictures yet though there were reports of images made from the aircraft showing 4 square miles of total devastation at Hiroshima.
The only illustration to speak of was this–a very graphic graphic to be sure, which under the circumstances, I suspect was to be expected.
