National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
John Mendl was a member of the 1st Ordnance Squadron in the 509th Composite Group stationed on Tinian Island in the Pacific.
Elvert Theodore “Junior” Nelson was born on September 18, 1926 in Hordville, Nebraska. After graduating from Hordville High School in 1943, Junior first went to work in agriculture and later at the Ordnance Plant in Grand Island, also known as the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant, which was responsible for pouring bombs and high explosive artillery […]
