At midnight on August 6, 1945, the crew of the Enola Gay received orders to prepare for their mission. At 2:45 they were all set, ready to go, and took off towards their intended target (Black & Blashfield, 1993, p. 30). They flew in the darkness of the night sky for many hours. Dawn appeared and the Enola Gay finally approached their future objective. Then, around 7:24 am, the pilot received word from a weather plane, which had been flying ahead of them, that there was barely a cloud in the sky and that they should continue toward their destination (p. 30). As they approached Hiroshima, about 30 miles away, the captain handed over commands to Major Ferebee (p. 30). As the minutes and seconds passed it seemed perpetual. Finally at 8:15:17 Major Ferebee shouted, "Bombs away!" (page 30). It took approximately 50 seconds for the atomic bomb to fall and reach 1,900 feet above the city where it exploded (Langford, 2004, p. 57). One of the crew members commented as follows: A column of smoke rising quickly. It has a fiery red core. A seething mass, purplish-gray in color, with that red core. It's all turbulent. Fires are springing up everywhere, like flames shooting out of a huge bed of coals... There it is, the shape of a mushroom... It's like a mass of bubbling molasses... it's almost at my level and climbing... (pp. 32-34). Never again will everything be the same.CreationIn New York City the main ideas about the atomic bomb were developed, it was called the "Manhattan Project". Originally, General Leslie R. Groves was put in charge of developing the atomic bomb. He wasn't exactly friendly with people, so he brought in Dr. Julius Robert Oppenheimer, a civilian, as director of the project. Proficient in communication and work...... half of the paper......nt of the buildings were destroyed by the explosion or fires that broke out due to it (Encyclopedia.com). If the explosion did not destroy the buildings initially, then the heat from the bomb caused fires that slowly destroyed the buildings. Cleanup A "black rain" fell from the sky, for about an hour after the explosion, dropping radioactive debris everywhere. At first there was no concrete help from Japanese officials. Only the people who were least injured and who could have helped would have done so. In the following days, the main focus was on collecting and disposing of the bodies. If they were recognizable and were claimed, a funeral would be held for them. The next phase was the collection and storage of the contaminated debris. Eventually the reconstruction of the city began. With the reconstruction of the city, a memorial park called Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was built, with donations of monuments.