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Planes that accompanied the enola gay1/30/2024 The five C-54 transports arrive at Tinian. The Japanese government rejects the Potsdam surrender demand. ![]() USS Indianapolis delivers Little Boy bomb units and the U-235 projectile to Tinian Island.įive C-54 transport planes leave Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque with: the Little Boy U-235 target (its final component), the Fat Man plutonium core, and its initiator. President Truman issues the Potsdam Declaration, which warns Japan of "prompt and utter destruction" and requires unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces. Peer de Silva, the official courier for the Fat Man core, signs for 6.1 kg of plutonium at Los Alamos, NM. The U-235 target for Little Boy is cast at Los Alamos. This directive constitutes final authorization for atomic attack no further orders are issued. It lists the following targets in order of priority: Hiroshima, Kokura, Niigata, and Nagasaki. General Leslie Groves drafts the directive authorizing the use of the atomic bombs as soon as bomb availability and weather permit.
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