Charles W. Sweeney (1919–2004)
Auteur de War's End: An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission
A propos de l'auteur
Charles W. Sweeney (1920 - 2004) Charles W. Sweeney was born in 1920. He graduated from North Quincy High School and entered the United States Air Force on April 28, 1941, as an Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet. At the time of the drop on Nagasaki, Sweeney was on assignement as Commanding Officer of afficher plus the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was chosen as mission commander and piloted the B-29 bomber that attacked Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, three days after the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a mission in which he flew the plane that recorded the drop. It was the first bomb Sweeney ever dropped on an enemy target and he was awarded the silver star. He was 25. Sweeney wrote a book defending the bombings and describing the event in, "War's End: An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission". Sweeney became a brigadier general in 1956, at the time the youngest man in the Air Force to reach that rank. He retired in 1976 with the rank of Major General. Sweeney died at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Air Force Historial Research Agency, Maxwell AFB
Œuvres de Charles W. Sweeney
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1919
- Date de décès
- 2004-07-16
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Milton, Massachusetts, USA
- Professions
- bomber pilot
- Organisations
- United States Army Air Forces
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 85
- Popularité
- #214,931
- Évaluation
- 4.5
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 4
Though I felt disappointed that author didn't vocalize about the tens of thousands of Japanese civilians that got evaporated put of existence with Atomic Bomb blasts. With all the "we prayed to god" instances, author seemed to have disconnected himself emotionally with the direct mortal consequences of his actions. In contrast, in Mahabharata, Krishna talks about the plight of people who were gonna die in the war, calling them a unwanted but necessary sacrifice for the greater good. I guess these American bombers had none of those human traits.… (plus d'informations)