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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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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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