However, the results of the Manhattan Project are a source for endless controversy. ... Meanwhile, Los Alamos was finalizing the Uranium bomb, "Little Boy," named for its 9000 pound thin-cigar shaped body, and the Plutonium bomb, named "Fat Man" for its large 10, 800 pound egg shaped body.3 The modification of B-29 bombers that could carry the bomb, as well as the training for pilots that may have been involved on this mission, was to take place at Tinian, located in the Marianas Group of islands in the South Pacific. 29-year-old Lieutenant Colonel Tibbets was chosen to assemble and command...

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