Jeremiah's vision is of desolation...
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Jeremiah's vision is of desolation far-surpassing any imagination. At 2 a.m. on August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets named the Enola Gay took off from the airfield on Tinian. On board was an atomic bomb named "Little Boy." Just after 6 a.m. the bomb was armed, and Colonel Tibbets informed the other nine men on the plane of their deadly cargo. At about 7 a.m., the Japanese detected the plane and informed people in Hiroshima, one of two targets determined earlier during the Potsdam conference. No bombers were spotted and the people in the city went back to work. At 7:25 a.m., two bombers were detected headed for the city and sirens again sounded. Many ignored the warnings. At 8:09 a.m., while cruising at 26,000 feet, the crew of the Enola Gay received word that the weather was suitable for dropping their bomb. By this time the crew could see the city and confirm their target. Following the release of the bomb the crew witnessed its detonation near the center of the city. The explosion that followed was of a magnitude unimaginable to a crew used to conventional weapons. One weapon had leveled an entire city.
