Enola gay pictures

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorities are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content.

On August 6, , the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb ("Little Boy") on Hiroshima, Japan, instantly killing tens of thousands of people. This marked the first time in history that the atomic bomb had been used in warfare.