The Only Atomic Bomb Ever Dropped on America
This is an actual event that occurred on March 11, 1958. This is the era of the Cold War. At precisely 4:19 PM a B-47E medium bomber serial number 53-1876A accidentally released their atomic bomb over the Gregg family property in Mars Bluff, South Carolina.
Links:
Broken Arrow
Google Map of Hunter Army Airfield
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition)
American Heritage – Flexible Ed
Tybee Bomb.com Picture of Crater
The State, South Carolina News Article on Clyde Gregg
Link to Other Nuclear Accidents
Books on the Subject:
American Prometheus : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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