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Artifact

Little Boy

The uranium atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

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Dates: 1945
Wikidata: Q181013

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Atomic bombing of Hiroshima Primary record 1

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Manhattan Project Primary record 1

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1945 Little Boy

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Manhattan Project: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, August 6, 1945, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of History and Heritage Resources (OSTI OpenNet), 1999. Primary record
At approximately 8:15 a.m. Hiroshima time the Enola Gay released "Little Boy,"

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