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Lt. William A. King
Nagasaki Bomb Core Courier to Tinian Island
| Lt. William A. King was a member of the army's counter-intelligence corps and was selected by Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves as a courier for the Manhattan Engineer District. In that capacity, he was responsible for hand-carrying the plutonium core of the Fat Man bomb from Los Alamos to Tinian Island. On August 10, 1945, the day after the Nagasaki mission, he was again ordered from Washington, DC to San Francisco to accompany a second core to Tinian. Hours prior to his leaving San Francisco for Tinian, he was notified that the Japanese had surrendered. There are many fine and very rare documents in this collection. Special thanks to Barbara King, his daughter, for providing us with the following information. |
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| Page 1 of 3 | Page 2 of 3 | Page 3 of 3 | William King - Civilian Clothes - Army Counter Intelligence - 1942 | William King - Civilian Clothes - Army Counter Intelligence - 1942 |
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| Sgt. William King -Army Counter Intelligence - 1942 | Citation - S/Sgt William King - Counter-Intelligence - 6/11/43 - Page 1 of 2 | Citation - S/Sgt William King - Counter-Intelligence - 6/11/43 - Page 2 of 2 | Legion of Merit - S/Sgt William King - Counter-Intelligence - 7/7/43 | Security Intelligence School - Chicago 1944 - T/Sgt. William King on Right |
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| T/Sgt. William King - SIC School - Chicago - 1944 | T/Sgt. William King - SIC School - Chicago - 1944 | List of Officers Transferred from Military Intelligence Training Center to Manhattan Engineer District - Oak Ridge - 2/6/45 | Lt. William King Transferred from Oak Ridge to New York City MED Intelligence - 2/26/45 | Lt. William King is Assigned to Chief of Staff's Office - Washington, DC - 5/21/45 |
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| 1st Overseas Shipment - Lt. King to Accompany Shipment from San Francisco by Boat to Tinian Island - 5/31/45 |
Lt. William King is Assigned to the 1st Technical Service Detachment MED - 5/23/45 |
Memo Identifies Lt. William King as an Official Army Courier - Signed by Maj. General Groves - 5/31/45 | Embarkation Tickets - Note "Green Hornet" Written On It - 7/18/45 | Lt. King Returns to U.S. After 1st Overseas Shipment Delivered - 7/19/45 |
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| Lt. King Ordered to Accompany 2nd Overseas Shipment to Tinian Island - 7/23/45 | Lt. King Ordered to Accompany 3rd Overseas Shipment to Tinian Island - 8/10/45 - Japan Surrenders Before He Departs | Lt. King Ordered to Remain in San Francisco from 8/12/45 to 8/24/45 | Lt. King and Daughter, Barbara - August 1945 | Lt. King - Travel Orders - San Francisco to Wendover Field - Sept. 17, 1945 |
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