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Purpose is to preserve the history & lessons of the Pacific War and the legacy of those who fought it.

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𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗕-𝟮𝟵 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟴𝟰 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸
The story behind the development is told by then B-29 CFC Gunner Lawrence S. Smith in an article published by the 6th Bomb Group: https://t.co/zSuPZuk4tQ
#B29 #ww2 #usairforce #boeing

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America's disruptive Boeing B-29 Bomber was decisive in ending the Pacific War 81 years ago this month in 1945.Then B-29 flight engineer Lawrence Stewart gives a tour of the B-29 and its many advanced features: https://t.co/0FtBa0VJL8
#the6thbombgroup #ww2history #ww2 #B29

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𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗪𝗜𝗜 𝗕-𝟮𝟵 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝟴𝟭 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵
See story of the B-29 POWs and the Kempei Tai atrocities: https://t.co/4DjqqOCgiV
#WorldWar2 #ushistory

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Japan officially surrendered 81 years ago this week on Sept. 2, 1945 aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. 6BG B-29 navigator Donald Kearney describes the event: https://t.co/LsYFqHFNxZ
#ww2history #USHistory #PacificWar #the6thbombgroup See less

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𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲-𝘁𝗼-𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 – 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗮𝗿
From the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to the dropping of the world's first atomic bombs..
https://t.co/9LAcPrB25o
#lessonplans #HighSchoolHistory #historyteacher #ww2history

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𝙒𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝘽𝙤𝙢𝙗 𝙉𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 ��𝙣𝙙 𝙒𝙒𝙄𝙄?
On this 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender the 6th Bomb Group examines both arguments based on the war conditions at the time: https://t.co/ReO3PxknbG
#ww2history #ww2 #the6thbombgroup #pacificwar

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Imagine being in the blast zone of Hiroshima just two days following the atomic bomb drop! Read a first hand account in an article published by the 6th Bomb Group last year on the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing: https://t.co/eNMieseda4
#hiroshima #ww2

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This week marks the 81st anniversary of the second atomic bombing of Japan (Nagasaki), August 9, 1945, that ended the Pacific War. Read more about the effects of the atomic bombs: https://t.co/MjYE66c5Ra

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81 years ago this week, the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki to end WWII was nearly lost in transit. Read the story at:
https://t.co/r2c4t7sz4r
#6thbombgroup #ww2 #ww2history #ManhattanProject #pacificwar

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During the Pacific War, B-29 engines were so fraught with failure issues that a separate ground crew mechanic was assigned to each engine. Walter Woodcock tells what war life was like for the crew : https://t.co/dWDyhc0AOs
#6thbombgroup #B29 #ww2 #ww2history

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81 years ago this month on July 11, 1945 a B-29 laying sea mines in Korea ports was believed to have flown the longest non-stop, heavy ordinance combat mission of WWII: https://t.co/jlwae0EB5s
#b29 #ww2 #usairforce

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82 years ago this month, U.S. Marines captured the island of Tinian. See story: https://t.co/htpKjvMbEI
𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥: 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯��� 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘺 1944
#6thbombgroup #usmarines #ww2history #TodayInHistory

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𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦
As we celebrate America's 250th Anniversary and 250 years of Freedom on July 4th, remember the brave Americans who bought that freedom for us.
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During WWII, B-29 bombing reduced Japanese production capacity of oil refineries by 83%, aircraft engine plants by 75%, airframe plants by 60% and electronics and communication equipment plants by 70% from pre-bombing levels in 1944. Learn more at: https://t.co/qEGOy43nbW

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This month 81 years ago, June 1945, the Japanese War Council elected to surrender, two months ahead of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, but couldn't agree on terms.
Learn more: https://t.co/ReO3PxjPm8
#ww2history #the6thbombgroup #ww2 #pacificwar #hiroshima

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𝐁-𝟐𝟗 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐀 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐫
This hilarious first-hand article tells the story of a B-29 formation bombing the Kawasaki Aircraft Plant in Japan. https://t.co/np1OzZIX0M

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81 years ago this week in 1945 the top secret 509th Bomb Group set up camp on Tinian Island in the Pacific in wait for instructions to drop the world's first atomic bombs on Japan. Here's the fascinating story : https://t.co/9ZGjNVDiDh
#ww2 #ushistory

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𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟱, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱
Navigator Donald W Kerney tells his harrowing first-person, in-cockpit narrative of one of the roughest B-29 missions of the war. https://t.co/6brzCFXG76
#MemorialDay #ushistory #ww2history #b29

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𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 ��𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲
This Memorial Day the 6th Bomb Group Association honors its fallen heroes and all the fallen heroes of WWII. See tribute: https://t.co/9psZ3bfiUO
#MemorialDay #ww2 #usa #usairforce #the6thbombgroup

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Each of the nine B-29 bomb groups stationed on Tinian Island in 1945 operated from independently functional group camps. Each camp included housing, medical, operations, briefing facilities, entertainment etc. See pics: https://t.co/cnVMZMq1Ey
#B29 #the6thbombgroup #usairforce