# Did the Japanese notice the A-bomb training runs?

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**Created:** [October 13, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-japanese-notice-the-a-bomb-training-runs/768433 "2016-10-13T16:39:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-japanese-notice-the-a-bomb-training-runs/768433/21 "2016-10-14T16:09:31Z")

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> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> Before the US entered the War?
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> I’m pretty sure the anecdote is a reference to Pearl Harbor.

I surmised that but couldn’t square it with “shit- eating grin.”

Yeah we whupped their asses, amirite?

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