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Harold Cassidy, a 90-year-old World War II veteran from Homer Glen, served on the island of Tinian on the day the Enola Gay departed to drop the atomic bomb, which ultimately led to ending the war. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Harold Cassidy, a 90-year-old World War II veteran from Homer Glen, served on the island of Tinian on the day the Enola Gay departed to drop the atomic bomb, which ultimately led to ending the war. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Harold Cassidy, a 90-year-old World War II veteran from Homer Glen, talks about his life at his home in Homer Glen. The photo shows him holding the flag. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Harold Cassidy, a 90-year-old World War II veteran from Homer Glen, served on the island of Tinian on the day the Enola Gay departed to drop the atomic bomb, which ultimately led to ending the war. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Harold Cassidy, a 90-year-old World War II veteran from Homer Glen, served on the island of Tinian on the day the Enola Gay departed to drop the atomic bomb, which ultimately led to ending the war. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Harold Cassidy, a 90-year-old World War II veteran from Homer Glen, served on the island of Tinian on the day the Enola Gay departed to drop the atomic bomb, which led to ending the war. At right is his wife, Mary Cassidy. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Harold Cassidy, a 90-year-old World War II veteran from Homer Glen, served on the island of Tinian on the day the Enola Gay departed to drop the atomic bomb, which ultimately led to ending the war. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Named for the mother of its pilot, then-Col. Paul Tibbets, the Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that was the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb on an enemy target in a war. It took off from the island of Tinian in …