Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Blackwell | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 12.12.2019
We awaited the word to proceed over Shizuoka. With the go ahead, the engine noise was interrupted by the sounds of bombs exploding on the earth below. One by one the B-29s dropped bombs over the city, more than 13,000. As we executed our mission, there was a mishap. My bomber and another collided, falling from the air to the recently bombed ground below....
