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Lot # 321: Dutch Van Kirk Heavily Inscribed and Signed Enola Gay Bombing "Story" Photograph

Starting Bid: $100.00

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Item was in Auction "2020 Fall Pop-Up",
which ran from 9/20/2020 7:00 PM to
10/4/2020 11:00 PM



Story photo signed by Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, with extensive handwriting in blue marker in his hand. Poignant 20x16" black and white image describes the Enola Gay bombing in detailed account, written around the central image of the expanding plume of the mushroom cloud as it spread over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Japan surrendered nine days later, effectively signaling the end of World War II. Van Kirk was the navigator on that fateful flight and the last survivor of the Enola Gay crew until his 2014 passing.

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