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(Monday, August 6, 1945, 2:45 a.m. Chamorro Standard Time; during World War II) — An American B-29, with Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets in command and named the Enola Gay after his mother, left Tinian Island in the Marianas with “Little Boy,” the nickname for one of two atom bombs available for use against Japan, on board, bound for Hiroshima.

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