What does all the graffiti on atomic bomb "Little Boy's" tail fins say?

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Clarification of Question by rrealtor1-ga on 01 Nov 2002 10:03 PST

What does all the graffiti on atomic bomb "Fat Man's" tail fins say?

Having read your question, I launched a time consuming web search for
historic photos of the Nagasaki bomb and its tail graffiti. No luck on
my part. Nevertheless, knowing the sorts of things that bomb crews
typically scrawl on their ordnance before a drop, I'm confident that
the fission bombs' tails were decorated with messages such as "Here's
a gift for Tojo", or maybe "This one's for Pearl", "Delivery COD",
etc.

Thank you for trying.

I am betting that the answer to your question is in the classic book
"The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes. I read it a few
years ago and it describes the history of the Manhattan Project from
start to finish, including the preparations to, and carrying out of
(and also aftermath of), the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I
would check it for you if I could find the book, but our library
doesn't carry it. The book is a great read in its own right and I
highly recommend it, as well as its "sequel" - "Dark Sun: The Making
of the Hydrogen Bomb" (by the same author).

Hope this helps,
dannidin

Here is a close-up image of the tail fin from the US National Archives
and Records Administration:

http://media.nara.gov/media/images/29/13/29-1248a.gif

The image shows mostly signatures and printed names of individuals,
along with "Heres to you!"

You could always call up this place and ask them to walk over to their
Fat Man and Little Boy replicas and read what's on the tails.

http://www.atomicmuseum.com/
http://www.atomicmuseum.com/tour/dd2.cfm

Of course, then it depends on how good their replicas are.