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Little Boy Components Shipped on Indianapolis

Name: Little Boy Components Shipped on Indianapolis – United States of America factsheet records
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United States of America · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1945

William Sterling Parsons14 July 1945

San Francisco · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Little Boy bomb units and the uranium projectile leave San Francisco aboard USS Indianapolis for Tinian.

Names involved

William Sterling Parsons

Provenance

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