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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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Name: Griffin, Roy R.
Year of Birth: 1918
Current Residence: Little Rock, AR
County: Pulaski County
War Time Duty (MOS): Staff Sergeant
Branch of Service: US Army
Theater of Operation: Europe
Division: Unknown at present
Regiment: 531st Regiment,1st Engineer Special Brigade
Major Engagements: North Africa, Sicily, Italy, D-Day Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe, Antwerp, Belgium
Biography: Roy Griffin served in the 531st Regiment, 1st Engineer Special Brigade. During World War II, Mr. Griffin served in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe, and Belgium. In his interviews he discusses having to clear mines off the beach on D-Day. Mr. Griffin received an Army Good Conduct Medal, Presidential Unit Citation and a Purple Heart.


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