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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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Unit there for guard duty, 19 years old. Date: 1945
Location: Unknown
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: J Lynn Hughes
Description: Unit there for guard duty, 19 years old.

Took picture himself in the Rhineland. Date: Winter 1945
Location: Rhineland, France
Photographer: J Lynn Hughes
Person(s) left to right: J Lynn Hughes
Description: Took picture himself in the Rhineland.

   



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