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Ralph R. Taylor, Jr.

Hiroshima Mission

Ralph R. Taylor, Jr. served as a major in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the commander of the B-29 Full House, which served as a weather reconnaissance plane on the Hiroshima bombing mission, and the backup strike plane on Iwo Jima on the Nagasaki mission.

Karl Walther

Manhattan, NY

Karl Walther was a glassblower for Columbia University and Brookhaven National Laboratory. During the Manhattan Project, Walther worked as a senior glassblower at the Nash Garage Building at Columbia, where scientists developed the gaseous diffusion process.

D. F. Babcock

Research & Development/300 Area

Babcock worked at the 300 Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. 

H. B. Malter

Oak Ridge, TN

H. B. Malter worked for the Edenfield Electric Company.