Tibbets reveals that they will drop immensely powerful bombs, but the nature of the weapons are not revealed, only that it is “something new in the history of warfare.” When weaponeer Deke Parsons says, “We think it will knock out almost everything within a three-mile radius,” the audience gasps. ![]() on Tinian, Paul Tibbets, pilot of the lead plane, the Enola Gay, briefs others in the 509th Composite Group who will take part in the mission at 3 pm. Secretary of War Stimson writes of a “troubled” day due to the uncertain weather, adding: “The S-1 operation was postponed from Friday night until Saturday night and then again Saturday night until Sunday.” >On the island of Tinian, Little Boy is ready to go, awaiting word on weather. On this day in 1945, two days out from the attack on Hiroshima: It’s in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present.
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