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#18 Fat Man is lowered on to a transport dolly for the trip to the airfield. Note the signatures on the tail assembly.

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#18 Fat Man is lowered on to a transport dolly for the trip to the airfield. Note the signatures on the tail assembly.

History’s Hidden Moments: Declassified Photos Capture U.S. Prepping for Hiroshima & Nagasaki Bombings

#18 Fat Man is lowered on to a transport dolly for the trip to the airfield. Note the signatures on the tail assembly.

WWII

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#3 Overhead view of structures resembling cars parked along a fake street.

#174 A brothel in Naples, Italy, 1945

#5 The king’s car at Strøget, Copenhagen. 26th September 1945.

#82 Quiet! Loose Talk Can Cost Lives Poster by Holcomb

#5 Private James C. Boone of Ardmore, Oklahoma, a trucker in civilian life.

#6 A man holding his hat, 1942-1945.

#27 Base Camp at Trinity Site, New Mexico

#167 Women working in a Japanese ammunition factory, 1941

←#17 The sealant has been applied. Note the signatures on the tail assembly and the “bomb” on the worker’s shirt.
#19 “A Second Kiss for Hirohito!” Signed by Rear Admiral W.R. Purnell, USN, on the side of Fat Man.→

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