On August 6, 1945, the B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Twelve men were on that flight.

Tatiana Dowell, 40, of Virginia Beach had an urge to experience pregnancy one more time but didn’t want another child. So she became a surrogate. The parents to be: an Arkansas couple.

For the Aug. 6 mission, Smith and Morris Jeppson flipped a coin to decide who would travel on the B-29 Enola Gay to Hiroshima. The three men flipped coins to decide who would monitor the first atomic ...