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Joe R. Brown

Tinian Island

Joe R. Brown served as a corporal in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the radar operator regularly assigned to the B-29 Some Punkins.

George R. Turner

Oak Ridge, TN

George Turner worked for the United States Engineer District Office.

Peggy Welliever

Oak Ridge, TN

Peggy Welliever worked for the United States Engineer District Office.

Herbert E. Kubitschek

Chicago, IL

Herbert E. Kubitschek (1920-1989) was an American biologist and physicist. He studied under Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago and was present when Chicago Pile-1, the world’s first self-sustained nuclear chain reaction, went critical on December 2, 1942.