Tag: Richard A. Pender

  • Opinion: Firestorms of August

    Opinion: Firestorms of August

    Right now we are having a heat wave, plus the uncomfortable restrictions imposed to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Back in August 1945, after the German surrender, we were mopping up the mess of a war-torn Europe. Meanwhile, on the island of Tinian in the Pacific, a B-29 bomber, The Enola Gay, had lifted off…