Cleo E. Harter

Ground Crew on Strange CargoTinian Island

Los Alamos, NMWendover, UT

509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

Cleo E. Harter served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Strange Cargo.

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