About
Celebrated bombardier who is remembered for having been aboard the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, the airship that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945.
Before Fame
At the age of 17 he enrolled in the Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, NC. He won awards in track, basketball, and football in his youth.
Trivia
He spent most of his career in the US Airforce's Strategic Air Command during the Cold War and in Vietnam.
Family Life
He has a sister named Maxine Pruett.
Associated With
Folk singer Rod Macdonald wrote a song about a quote that he delivered.
