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Fat Man was the code name of the atomic bomb, made from plutonium, that destroyed Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945. It was 128 inches long and 60 inches in diameter. The bomb was dropped from the B-29 named "Bock's Car".

Did you know that Fat Man was named for Prime Minister Winston Churchill?

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Interactive Trunk for James R. "Jim" Boring
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Name: Boring, James R.
Year of Birth: 1925
Current Residence: Boerne, Kendall, Co., TX
County: Other States
War Time Duty (MOS): Amphibious Tractor Operator
Branch of Service: US Marine Corps
Theater of Operation: Pacific
Division: 2nd Marine Division
Regiment: 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion
Major Engagements: Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Saipan, Tinian, Marshall Islands
Biography: Mr. Boring has no boring story. He was an Amphibious Tractor Operator for the US Marines in some of the most treacherous campaigns in the South Pacific. Learn what an Amphibious Tractor is and hear him talk about when he thought an area was safe to work in and he still got hit.



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