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Northern Mariana Islands

Former Japanese Airfield captured by US Marines in July 1944. Seabee's worked 24hrs a day for 45 days to expand and repair the airfield for use by American heavy bombers. On August 6, 1945 a B-29 named Enola Gay departed Tinian and dropped the first atomic bomb (Little Boy) on Hiroshima. On August 9, 1945 a B-29 named Bokscar departed from North Field and dropped an atomic bomb (Fat Man) on Nagasaki.
Former Japanese Airfield captured by US Marines in July 1944. Seabee's worked 24hrs a day for 45 days to expand and repair the airfield for use by American heavy bombers. On August 6, 1945 a B-29 named Enola Gay departed Tinian and dropped the first atomic bomb (Little Boy) on Hiroshima. On August 9, 1945 a B-29 named Bokscar departed from North Field and dropped an atomic bomb (Fat Man) on Nagasaki.

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