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, was the navigator aboard the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb, during the mission to Nagasaki on Aug. 9. He is the last surviving crew member of the B-29s that flew the missions. This portrait of Gackenbach was taken on Spet. 13, 2016 at his home in Tampa, Florida. ( Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kenny Holston)

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