Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

John W. Willis

First Ordnance SquadronTinian Island

Los Alamos, NMWendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
North Airfield at Tinian Island.

John W. Willis served in the First Ordnance Squadron.

Related Profiles

Helen Mannon

Oak Ridge, TN

Helen Mannon worked for the Roane-Anderson Company.

Fred L. Hughes

Hanford, WA

Fred Hughes was a Reactor Operator at the Hanford B Reactor from 1943 through the end of the war. He worked for the DuPont Company, who transferred him from Prior, Oklahoma to Hanford in 1943.

Charles L. Stoner

Los Alamos, NM

William B. Downey

Tinian Island

Captain William Downey served as the Protestant chaplain for the 509th Composite Group and led the crew of the Enola Gay in prayer before they departed for Hiroshima.