Letter from Luis Alvarez to His Son

Title

Letter from Luis Alvarez to His Son

Creator

Luis W. Alvarez

Subject

Atomic bomb

Description

This item is an unsigned, three-page typewritten letter to Alvarez' son Walter, headed "August 6th, 10 minutes off the Jap coast at 26,000 feet," that describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Publisher

National Archives

Contributor

Walter Alvarez

Date

1944-08-10

Type

746778.pdf, Portable Document File (PDF), 1 MB

Format

746778.pdf, Portable Document File (PDF), 1 MB

Source

NAID: 1746778

Language

English

Relation

Luis W. Alvarez Papers

Rights

Unrestricted

Files

Luis W. Alvarez.pdf

Citation

Luis W. Alvarez , “Letter from Luis Alvarez to His Son,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed November 22, 2024, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/3969.

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