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It's about the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
"The eighth moon the sixth day the year death"
Eighth moon = eighth month (August).
August 6th, 1945.
"Brought high on R marked silver wing"
The airplane which dropped the bomb was called the "Enola Gay"; it was silver and had an "R" painted on its tail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enola_Gay
"Afar in cold thin morning air Below as the day begins"
The bomb was dropped at 8:15 AM local time.
It's about the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
"The eighth moon the sixth day the year death"
Eighth moon = eighth month (August).
August 6th, 1945.
"Brought high on R marked silver wing"
The airplane which dropped the bomb was called the "Enola Gay"; it was silver and had an "R" painted on its tail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enola_Gay
"Afar in cold thin morning air Below as the day begins"
The bomb was dropped at 8:15 AM local time.