Little Boy
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After this successful test, the Gadget was succeeded by Fat Man and Little Boy, the two bombs dropped over Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Fat Man and Little Boy are holding steady. apnews.com/article/dei-...
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2025
Elsewhere is a display meant to honor the Japanese people killed and injured by Fat Man and Little Boy, a smaller bomb dropped on Hiroshima three days earlier.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
The Fat Man bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, three days after Hiroshima was devastated by Little Boy.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
The Enola Gay dropped its payload, the uranium bomb christened Little Boy.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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