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Frank M. Briese

Hiroshima Mission

Frank M. Briese served as a master sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the flight engineer 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.

Richard Baker

Los Alamos, NM

Dr. Richard Baker worked at the Ames Laboratory before transferring to Los Alamos. Considered the father of plutonium chemistry, Baker had a long career at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Henry P. Nieber

Los Alamos, NM

Aloysious L. Franckowiak

Tinian Island

Aloysious L. Franckowiak served in the 603rd Air Engineering Squadron.