Last Hiroshima bomber crewman dies

The last surviving member of the crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima has died in the US.

Last Hiroshima bomber crewman dies
Wed, 30 Jul, 2014 - 00:11

The last surviving member of the crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima has died in the US.

Tom VanKirk says his father, 93-year-old Theodore VanKirk, died on Monday in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

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