But how do you win a war without killing. I am not proud of the many people that were killed and nobody is. It was a necessary job and I'm glad I was qualified to do it. '.About dropping the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Van Kirk writes both the questions and the answer in his own hand, in part: Regarding the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and how he felt about the the civilian casualties and Japan. Outstanding content Handwritten Autograph Letter Signed, 2 pages, 8' x 11', lined white sheet, no date. ALS : Autograph Letter Signed Navigator on the 'Enola Gay', the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945.
