National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Francis D. Thornhill served as a captain in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the navigator on the Straight Flush during the Hiroshima mission.
CJ Mitchell grew up in northeastern Texas during the Great Depression. At only sixteen years old, in 1947 he graduated from high school and took a job working on the trailer park in North Richland, Washington.
Jim Whiteside worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.