<P> In 1955 , Lewis appeared on the television show This is Your Life , in an episode not without controversy . The show had as its guest Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto , who had been living in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing and survived the explosion , as recounted in John Hersey 's 1946 book Hiroshima . Tanimoto had traveled to the United States with the Hiroshima Maidens to get reconstructive surgery for them , and while there was the subject of the May 11 episode of This Is Your Life . After some acquaintances were introduced and interviewed , a surprise for Tanimoto was meeting Lewis -- on live television broadcast to a nationwide audience -- representing the crew of the aircraft that had so dramatically changed his life . Contemporary reaction to the episode was mixed , ranging from `` one of ( the ) best '' to a `` new low in poor taste . '' Lewis described the Enola Gay 's flight and the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima . When asked by host Ralph Edwards if he remembered his reaction on that fateful day , he remarked , `` I wrote down later , ' My God , what have we done ? ' '' </P>
<P> In 1955 , Lewis appeared on the television show This is Your Life , in an episode not without controversy . The show had as its guest Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto , who had been living in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing and survived the explosion , as recounted in John Hersey 's 1946 book Hiroshima . Tanimoto had traveled to the United States with the Hiroshima Maidens to get reconstructive surgery for them , and while there was the subject of the May 11 episode of This Is Your Life . After some acquaintances were introduced and interviewed , a surprise for Tanimoto was meeting Lewis -- on live television broadcast to a nationwide audience -- representing the crew of the aircraft that had so dramatically changed his life . Contemporary reaction to the episode was mixed , ranging from `` one of ( the ) best '' to a `` new low in poor taste . '' Lewis described the Enola Gay 's flight and the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima . When asked by host Ralph Edwards if he remembered his reaction on that fateful day , he remarked , `` I wrote down later , ' My God , what have we done ? ' '' </P>
who said my god what have we done
who said my god what have we done
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