My name is Joseph Majeski and I was a tail gunner on Captain Percy Tucker's crew based on Tinian. We completed 35 mission which earned some of us the DFC, including myself.

I am reminded of my recollections of the Enola Gay . . . We were loading ammunition one day and noticed a B-29 landing - it stopped midway. To our surprise, we found out that it was equipped with reversible pitch propellers and that the only armamant was a tail gun position. Our curiosity overcame us and we went over and asked them what they were going to do -- flying missions with only a tail gunner.

One of their crew replied, "We are here to win the war."

Of course we laughed to ourselves as we had something like 25 combat missions to our credit and these jokers with one airplane claims they are going to win the war.

After the two atom bombs were dropped and the war ended we felt that we were winning the war and that they had ended it. What they did was historically monumental, however I would like to take this opportunity to praise and acknowledge the courage and bravery of all of my fellow B-29 crews who pariticpated and also to those who gave their lives four our country. It is my hopes that our efforts were not in vain.