Our American Stories

The Night 2 H-Bombs Fell on North Carolina (Told By the Man Who Dismantled Them)

Host- Lee Habeeb

On January 23, 1961, a B-52 bomber crashed in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Two H-bombs—each 250 times more powerful than the bombs dropped on Japan, fell to the ground. Earl Smith dismantled those bombs and he's here to tell us the story!

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