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On Aug. 9, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, effectively ending World War II.
That moment forever linked Nagasaki and Hanford, where the plutonium for Fat Man was manufactured.
Fifty years later, on Aug. 6, 1995, the Tri-City Herald published a special section looking back at the bomb, Nagasaki and Hanford.
In 1943, a project began in the desert of Eastern Washington. It was top secret, and few knew its purpose, even those who worked there. It was part of the Manhattan Project, the U.S. effort to build a nuclear bomb. Hanford played a vital role, as the Nagasaki bomb, "Fat Man," contained plutonium produced at the site.
Beginning in late 1992, the Tri-City Herald marked the 50th anniversary of Hanford with a year-long series of articles. Following are many of those article and a few other stories of significance.
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