Just finished
Countdown 1945 by Chris Wallace last night, the story of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan that ended the war in the Pacific and created V-J Day.
Highly recommend it and had trouble putting it down. I was two years old then, so don't remember too much about it at the time, but have been to Los Alamos and Alamogordo, New Mexico.
If you like history, WWII airplanes and war stories, you'll love this book. (Not sure if I remember there being anything involving our Fords, but they must have been in there somewhere!
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