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Doubts Raised on Book’s Tale of Atom Bomb

By William Broad.

Published: February 20, 2010

The questioning of this book is very interesting. It is questioned because one section of the book is based on the word of Joseph Fuoco, who is described as a last-minute substitute on one of the two observation planes that escorted the Enola Gay. The problem is he never flew on the bombing run. James Corliss made the flight just how it was scheduled. Many people such as scientists, historians, historians and veterans are upset at this. They are calling Mr. Fuoco an impostor. The author Charles pellegrino agreed to change that section of the book. A lot of people were shocked because many admired Mr Fuoco and he had tons of documents and pictures to back up his work. “ I liked and admired the guy,” said Mr. Pelligrino. He agreed that the wrong history should not be going out, It needed to be corrected. Mr. Corliss died a while back but his family kept the documents that proved his participation in the historical flight  including an air metal given to him from president Harry S. Truman. It turns out that Mr. Fuoco saw the damage of the bomb afterwards when Mr. Corliss fell ill.