6th Bomb Group

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The 6th Bomb Group Association

The 6th Bomb Group was formed in 1984 by officers of the Army Air Corp 6th Bomb Group to annually reunite its veterans who served during the Pacific War โ€“ War Over Japan of 1944-45.

We are self-funded association of veterans. Wish to become involved or assist in some way? Please email us.

ADDRESS:
6th Bomb Group Education Association
501 Stonecliff Lane
Butler, PA 16001 USA

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๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ-๐˜๐—ผ-๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ From the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to the dropping of the world's first atomic bombs the Pacific War transformed America, societies, warfare, technology and global power. Our classroom-ready lessons allow your students to examine the total war, its causes, societal impact and great take-home lessons through primary sources and inquiry-based analysis. Multi-state history curriculum guideline compliant. 6th Bomb Group Education Association: https://6thbombgroup.com/lesson-plans/ (LINK IN BIO) #lessonplans #HighSchoolHistory #historyteacher #ww2history
๐™’๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ข๐™— ๐™‰๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™’๐™’๐™„๐™„? Both sides of this fiercely debated question are supported in U.S. official records from the war based on American and Japanese assertions. Which is most justified? On this 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender the 6th Bomb Group examines both arguments based on the war conditions at the time: https://6thbombgroup.com/were-atomic-bombs-necessary/ (LINK IN BIO) #ww2history #ww2 #atomicbomb #the6thbombgroup #pacificwar
๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ช ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Imagine being in the blast zone of Hiroshima just two days following the atomic bomb drop! Nothing alive, no sounds, just eerie silence. B-29 Navigator Walter Ross a was taken to Hiroshima as a POW directly following the atomic bombing and describes the unimaginable devastation first hand in an article published by the 6th Bomb Group last year on the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing: https://6thbombgroup.com/we-pow-were-first-to-see-hiroshima-damage/ (LINK IN BIO) #hiroshima #NuclearWeapons #ww2history #pacificwar #the6thbombgroup
๐—˜๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜€ This week marks the 81st anniversary of the second atomic bombing of Japan (Nagasaki), August 9, 1945, that ended the Pacific War. Immediately following Japan's surrender, Truman's Strategic Bombing Survey team traveled to Japan to assess the horrific destruction and impact on its population first-hand from the two bombs. Here is the written Summary, including the staggering equivalence in B-29s, incendiary and conventional bombs necessary to achieve the same destructive outcome as the single atomic bomb: https://6thbombgroup.com/effects-of-the-atomic-bombs/ (LINK IN BIO) #nagasaki #the6thbombgroup #ushistory #ww2 #atomicbomb
๐๐š๐ ๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ค๐ข ๐€๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐› ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‹๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐”.๐’. 81 years ago this week, the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki to end WWII was nearly lost in transit from Los Alamos to Tinian Island in the Pacific. The Manhattan Project was so shrouded in secrecy the B-29 crew responsible for the transit had little idea what they were transporting and nearly lost their cargo to a near missed crash. This 509th Composite Group story was first published last year by the 6th Bomb Group: https://6thbombgroup.com/nagasaki-atomic-bomb-nearly-lost-in-transit-from-u-s/ (LINK IN BIO) #6thbombgroup #ww2 #ww2history #ManhattanProject #pacificwar
๐—•-๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ During the Pacific War, B-29 engines were so fraught with failure issues that a separate ground crew mechanic was assigned to each engine. Ground crews worked round the clock to maintain bomber readiness to fly every 48 hours, including engine replacement, flak and fighter damage repair. Then B-29 Electrical Technician Walter Woodcock tells what war life was like for the B-29 ground crew in a newly published article from the 6th Bomb Group: https://6thbombgroup.com/life-on-tinian-ground-crews/ (LINK IN BIO) #6thbombgroup #B29 #ww2 #ww2history

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