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The Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association, Inc. "Preserving, Exhibiting, Interpreting and Teaching the History of the Manhattan Project" |
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Sgt. Abe Spitzer Collection
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Sgt. Abe Spitzer was the radio operator regularly assigned to The Great Artiste and on the B-29 'Bockscar' on its historic mission to drop a second atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. The images below are some photos and misc. documents that belonged to Mr. Spitzer. They were provided to us by Joan Hinterbichler, the daughter of Abe Spitzer. |
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| CGP-ASPI-075 | CGP-ASPI-076 | CGP-ASPI-077 | CGP-ASPI-078 | CGP-ASPI-079 |
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| A Montage of the Various Artifacts in the Abe Spitzer Collection | Secret Memo Dated 2/3/43 Recommending That 1st Lt. Kermit Beahan be Relieved of Further Combat Duty Due to Extreme Combat Fatigue From Bombing Missions Over Europe. Unbelievable What He Went Through | Poem By Unknown Author 'Razzing' the 509th Composite Group for Their Extreme Secrecy | The Poem 'Atomic Might' by Sgt. Harry Barnard of the 509th Composite Group - Tinian Island 1945 | 509th CG ID Card |
| CGP-ASPI-080 | CGP-ASPI-081 | CGP-ASPI-082 | CGP-ASPI-083 | CGP-ASPI-084 |
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| Card Certifying Abe Spitzer is Qualified to Participate in High Altitude Flight | Abe Spitzer's Draft Board Card - Bronx, New York | Army Air Forces Aid Society Card Issued to Abe Spitzer - May 1, 1944 | Selective Service Registration Card for Abe Spitzer | Personnel Card - Abe Spitzer - Eglin Field, FL |
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| Eglin Field Ration Card - Abe Spitzer - Oct. 15, 1943 | ir Force ID Card - Dated Nov. 20, 1945 | Draft Board ID Card - Abe Spitzer - Jan. 6, 1941 | Abe Spitzer Display - U. S. Air Force Museum - Wright Patterson AFB - Dayton, OH | Abe Spitzer Display - U. S. Air Force Museum - Wright Patterson AFB - Dayton, OH |
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| Rear Gun Turret on the B-29 'Bockscar' - U. S. Air Force Museum - Wright Patterson AFB - Dayton, OH | Rear Gun Turret on the B-29 'Bockscar' - U. S. Air Force Museum - Wright Patterson AFB - Dayton, OH | Nose of the B-29 'Bockscar' - U. S. Air Force Museum - Wright Patterson AFB - Dayton, OH | Newspaper Photo of the Great Artiste and Crew - Sgt. Abe Spitzer in Lower Left - August 13, 1945 | Sgt. Abe Spitzer |
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| Crew Members of the Great Artiste | Abe Spitzer (left) on Tinian Island - 1945 | Cpl. Abe Spitzer (Unknown Location) | Abe Spitzer on Right | Abe Spitzer (right) on Tinian Island |
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