Caption | William Laurence in front of a hut on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945. TSgt Jesse Kupferberg is at right on the cot. ww2dbase | ||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseNew York Times | ||||||||
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Photos at Same Place | North Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands | ||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
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Jesse Kupferberg was a Technical Sergeant in the US Army Air Forces who participated in Project Alberta, the group tasked with transporting and assembling the two atomic bombs in 1945. He and Laurence both flew in the B-29 āGreat Artisteā to observe the Nagasaki mission.