There is a new book on the A-bombing of Hiroshima out in January. It is The Last Train from Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino. The problem is that many believe it is based on faulty source material. Much of the book is based on accounts from a Joseph Fuaco who claims he was a substitute engineer for James Corliss who was the regular engineer on one of the planes that accompanied the Enola Gay. The historial record and the Corliss family insist that Corliss was on that flight that day and not Fuaco. The book makes the claim that there was an "accident" prior to the day the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. That accident "...killed one American and irradiated others" and caused the destructive power of the bomb to be "...greatly reduced...".
(Source: "Doubts Raised on Book's Tale of Atom Bomb" by William Broad. New York Times online on 2/20/10)
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