Re-living the unparalleled bravery of Charles William Sweeney, the only pilot to fly both atomic missions in World War II — from his dramatic first-person account as a 25 year-old atomic mission pilot to his post-war family and military life — this website will have all the facts and explore the myths of this extraordinary man.

Our Father and Grandfather had a passion for teaching Americans about our nation’s history. In his own first-person account – in book, memoir, and video format – Charlie Sweeney will take you through America’s jaw-dropping and still controversial entry into the atomic age of warfare.

Seventy-plus years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, his family shares Sweeney’s life story, his compassion, his achievements, and his passionate belief in preserving history.

With honor and respect, we dedicate this web site to the memory of our Father and to his late children — Joanie, Charlie, and Michele Sweeney

“I read War’s End with fascination, hardly able to put it down. It is a gripping account of one of history’s greatest events by the only person present at both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Sweeney is straight forward and convincing in answering a question on one asked in 1945 but which was very much on people’s minds a half-century later: Was it necessary to use the bombs? I entirely agree with his conclusions. But, the best part of this splendid book is not analysis or argument; it is Gen Sweeney’s narrative of the planning, training and execution of a unique mission, one fraught with danger and full of suspense, that stands out. Recommended without reservation.”

Stephen T Ambrose

Author, Band of Brothers