| so that makes 3 atomic weapons on Tinain... so the USAAF could of
| effectively bombed another target.. but chose not to..

No, there were only the two. The "third bomb" was still in the United
States. Supposedly it was being loaded for transshipment to Tinian
(the primary target evidently Kokura) when it was stopped by direct
order of President Truman. See www.danford.net/third.htm

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