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Title- Doubts raised on book’s tale of atom bomb

Author- William J. Broad

Date- February 20, 2010

          The Atom bomb is a very destructive weapon. It is probably the most effective weapon out there. In the book “The Last Train from Hiroshima,” it claims that a secret accident occurred. It says that the atom bomb killed one American and irradiated others. This situation greatly reduced the weapon’s destructive power. But, there is one problem with this section in the book. All of the information and technical details are based on the recollections of Joseph Fuoco. He is known as a substitute on one of the two observation planes that escorted the Enola Gay.

          However, this statement is wrong because Mr. Fuoco, who died in 2008 at the age of 84 years old, never even flew on the bombing run. Also, he never substituted for anyone either.  Mr. Fuoco did a ton to put all of the pieces together with this. I am very glad that he cleared everything up. When ever I hear these kinds of stories it really makes me wonder how much stuff is over exaggerated. This is a great example of the saying “Don’t always believe what you hear.”