Shortly after both atomic missions, Major Sweeney received the Silver Star from Gen. Nathan Twining.

Captain Sweeney (left) poses with Charles Lindbergh (2nd from right). Lindbergh’s first flight in a B29 was with a young Captain Sweeney as pilot and “Lindy” as trainee.

Original photo of the flight crew of Bock’s Car taken shortly before take-off in Tinian Island on August 9, 1945.

A 25 year-old Major Sweeney reflects on his two atomic missions from the cockpit of the Bock’s Car.

50 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, General Sweeney reflects on history and the importance of not allowing the revisionists to distort the truth.

General Sweeney celebrated the 50th anniversary of the United States Air Force with the military members of his family and their spouses.

After World War II, General Sweeney had an illustrious career in the Massachusetts Air national Guard where he became Wing Commander of the 102nd Fighter Interceptor Wing.

A-Bomb replicas on display at Bradbury Science Museum, Los Alamos, NM.