Tinian Island
1944-45
After the Japanese signing of the surrender documents that ended the war in
the Pacific the first of our troops began to roll down the streets of Tokyo.
On poles and buildings they found printed poster's and hand written notes with the
following Japanese characters...
The notes and posters were taken to military intellegence and were translated. The meaning is "Anyone but the sixth"
It took some time to
decipher the exact meaning but it was found to be a reference to a Shinto prayer asking
the god's to send anyone to bomb the homeland but the B-29's of the 6th Bomb Group on
Tinian Island. The tenacity and accuracy of the planes and men of the 6th struck
such terror on the island of Japan they had a special prayer begging for relief.
Below are some recent photos, on a flight from
California to Boeing Field in Seattle, of the Sixth's President Virgil Morgan
showing the young crew of FIFI how its done.
For more information
on the 6th, including membership in the 6th Bomb Group Association and the next reunion
news, email
Virgil Morgan or call (425) 438-9600
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