The Bombing of Nagasaki, Part One
On August 9, 1945, Charles Levy captured an iconic photo with his own camera because the official cameraman forgot his parachute.
In the early morning of August 9, 1945, American physicist Robert Serber was on board the Big Stink waiting for takeoff. The Big Stink was the camera plane on the mission to bomb Nagasaki: its sole purpose to document the attack. The pilot, Major James Hopkins, called for a parachute check — they were one short.
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