Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Necessary Evil, holds a photo he took during the atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. Gackenbach is the last surviving crew member from the three B-29s that flew the mission. ( Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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