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09/08/1945 Codename "Fat-Man", the 2nd and last nuclear weapon to be used in combat. The weapon at 11:02 local time 500 meters above the city with a yield equivalent to 21,000 tons of TNT.
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The Don Redman and his orch. playing Nagasaki followed by some banter involving Redman. Redman lead the later McKinney's Cotton Pickers band. Probably recorded in the early 1930's. I believe that the shorter of the two singers may be Leo Watson but if somebody knows for sure, please let me know. Anyway, he's very
talented.
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The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki involved two nuclear attacks during World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States of America under US President Harry S. Truman. On August 6, 1945, the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, followed on August 9, 1945 by the detonation of the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb over Nagasaki.
