(KSNF/KODE) After four projects and two Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency investigations spanning across eight decades the remains of a Missouri born Navy Sailor declared “killed in action” are not only found, but are being brought home for a dignified, yet long awaited burial. Roots In Rural Missouri Wilbur Archie Mitts was born in […]
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On Sept. 10, 1944, a TBM-1C Avenger aircraft with three crew members onboard took off from the U.S.S. Enterprise in the Philippine Sea for a strike mission against Japanese forces in the Palau Islands. The torpedo bomber was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and was reportedly last seen spinning violently before crashing into the sea near Malakal Island. All three of its crew were lost in the incident including Aviation Radioman First Class Wilbur Archie Mitts who was 24 years old.
else: the bomb was conceived in a kind of anti-hitler fervor. by the spring of 1945, hitler s out of the picture. the nazis are no longer a threat. hitler is not gonna build an atomic bomb and drop it on new york. that s not gonna happen. but there was no way they were not gonna finish that weapon. rhodes: they wanted to make this happen. they didn t want the war to end before it happened. oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used, because how else would the world know what it was? newsreel narrator: harry s. truman was sworn in as president of the united states. eisenbach: by the time truman gets to the presidency, the wheels are in motion. this bomb is going to be dropped somewhere. with the death of hitler, the target then becomes japan. newsreel narrator: the never-ending air campaign against japan s stolen empire continues, as b-24s hammer installations in the palau islands.
else: the bomb was conceived in a kind of anti-hitler fervor. by the spring of 1945, hitler s out of the picture. the nazis are no longer a threat. hitler is not gonna build an atomic bomb and drop it on new york. that s not gonna happen. but there was no way they were not gonna finish that weapon. rhodes: they wanted to make this happen. they didn t want the war to end before it happened. oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used, because how else would the world know what it was? newsreel narrator: harry s. truman was sworn in as president of the united states. eisenbach: by the time truman gets to the presidency, the wheels are in motion. this bomb is going to be dropped somewhere. with the death of hitler, the target then becomes japan. newsreel narrator: the never-ending air campaign against japan s stolen empire continues, as b-24s hammer installations in the palau islands.