After growing up there, Thomas Ferebee served on the Enola Gay flight crew and would ultimately become the man who pulled the leaver to deploy “Little Boy” on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.

The run was short and straight. At 9 : 1 5 a.m. Major Thomas Ferebee pressed the toggle and the single bomb was away, down through the substratosphere. Colonel Paul Warfield Tibbets, the pilot ...

On Aug. 6, 1945, Ferebee released an atomic bomb over Hiroshima from the Enola Gay, the first of a two-part atomic attack on Japan that forced an end to the conflict.

Bombardier, the late Colonel Thomas Ferebee of Davie County, pushed the button to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. What say you to removing historical images? — Marie Sofley.

Tibbets and bombardier Tom Ferebee have discussed logistics. Ferebee has advised that if Hiroshima is chosen, a t-shaped bridge in the middle of the city would make an effective target.