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Subject:Re: A NAME FOR VANAGON FANATICS!
From:Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Date:Fri, 13 Oct 1995 10:50:00 -0700 (PDT)

>since it was a B-29 named "Bock's Car" that dropped the 2nd atom
>bomb on Japan in WWII.

Major Bock was the pilot of the Nagasaki plane. He, and the plane,
also flew weather-observation on the first (Hiroshima) bomb mission.

At least he had the cojones to follow through on a mission that was
horrible, but necessary.

(Now donning anti-radiation underwear)

 -Steve Maher   smaher@gi.com   '71 VW Transporter, conventional fuel