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Enola Gay: Morris Jeppson

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Enola Gay: Morris Jeppson

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Auction Date:2011 Jan 12 @ 16:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS signed “Morris Jeppson (Dick to friends),” one page, lightly-lined, 8.5 x 11, January 15, 2009. Letter regarding questions of the Enola Gay mission. In part: “I’ve never been confronted by adverse questions, even from individuals I sensed might be antagonistic…Eight of us were requisitioned by Los Alamos…to work with the 509th. On Tinian, a coin toss selected me to do Hiroshima…Hiroshima was similar to several test missions flown with dummy bombs to test radar-fuzing-targets on Salton Sea, Calif., in early 1945. No second wishes about Hiroshima mission–either about selection or results.” In fine condition. A rare and insightful look into Jeppson’s thoughts and role as a crew member, as for years he refused to discuss any aspect of his mission.