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Barney J. O’Keefe

Tinian Island

Barney J. O’Keefe served in the military as an ensign during the war. He was a member of Project Alberta, the team that transported and assembled the two atomic bombs preceeding the August 1945 bombing missions on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Ida M. Parr

T-Plant/200 Areas

Parr worked in the 200 East and 100 D Areas at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.  

R.F. Smith

T-Plant/200 Areas

Smith worked at the 200 East Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

Samuel R. Wheeler

Tinian Island

Samuel R. Wheeler served as a sergeant in the 393 Bombardment Squadron. He was the assistant engineer regularly assigned to the B-29 Strange Cargo.