Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Lee E. Palmert

Radio Operator on the Next ObjectiveTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
The Next Objective

Lee E. Palmert served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the radio operator regularly assigned to the B-29 Next Objective.

Crew A-3, Palmert is in the middle row, third from the left. Photo courtesy of Richard H. Campbell and the Janet Chapman Pence Collection from the Air Force Museum.

Related Profiles

R. E. Oliver

Hanford, WA

T.R. Sherrod

Hanford, WA

E. C. Dunlop

B Reactor/100 Area

E. C. Dunlop worked at the 100-B Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

F. C. King

Oak Ridge, TN

F. C. King worked for the United States Engineer District Office.