| Historical Information | ||||||
| Caption | US Navy electrician's mate spraying 'Fat Man' bomb with plastic paint in front of Assembly Building Number 2, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 1 of 3 ww2dbase | |||||
| WW2-Era Location Name | Tinian, Mariana Islands | |||||
| Date | Aug 1945 | |||||
| Photographer | Unknown | |||||
| Source Information | ||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseNational Museum of the United States Navy | |||||
| Link to Source | Link | |||||
| Identification Code | 77-BT-185 | |||||
| Related Content | ||||||
| More on... |
| |||||
| Photos in Series | See all 3 photos in this series | |||||
| Colorized By WW2DB |
Colorized with Adobe Photoshop |
|||||
| Licensing Information | ||||||
| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
|||||
| Metadata | ||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||
| Photo Size | 900 x 683 pixels | |||||
Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Thank you. Please help us spread the word: Stay updated with WW2DB: |
Visitor Submitted Comments
All visitor submitted comments are opinions of those making the submissions and do not reflect views of WW2DB.
Change View
Desktop ViewSearch WW2DB
News
- » The Emperor of Japan Planned to Honor WW2-era Japanese POWs in Mongolia (4 Jul 2025)
- » US State Lawmaker John Winter Caught Using Racial Slur "Jap" and Apologized (11 Jun 2025)
- » Köln/Cologne Evacuated After Discovery of WW2 Bombs (4 Jun 2025)
- » Race, Holocaust, and African-American WW2 Histories Removed from the US Naval Academy Library (7 Apr 2025)
- » US Government Plans to Purge WW2 Information (17 Mar 2025)
- » See all news
Random Photograph
Current Site Statistics
- » 1,177 biographies
- » 337 events
- » 45,081 timeline entries
- » 1,245 ships
- » 350 aircraft models
- » 207 vehicle models
- » 376 weapon models
- » 123 historical documents
- » 261 facilities
- » 470 book reviews
- » 28,493 photos
- » 365 maps
Famous WW2 Quote
"I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil."General Douglas MacArthur at Leyte, 17 Oct 1944
27 Jun 2016 07:58:23 AM
Several years ago I attended a history course on the Manhattan Project. During the last class meeting, I was surprised that several students blamed the flight crews for delivering the two A-bombs, mostly based on the petition signed by the scientists and the types of injuries these bombs created. Both of these students said the flight crews should have refused to deliver the bombs. I told these students they should blame their parents and grandparents for electing the Commander-In-Chief and his replacement, who made the decision to use the A-bombs . They asked “Who was that?” I said, “A failed business man of a Hat business from Independence, Indiana, Harry S Truman.” Both of these students ask, “Who is Harry S Truman?” I could NOT believe how stupid these people are!
Also, remember, Harry S Truman refused to use the A-bomb in the Korean Conflict (a non-declared war) of the early 1950s and fired the US Army five-star general who declared using 10 A-Bombs.