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Charles E. Schwab

Ground Crew on Next ObjectiveTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
The Next Objective

Charles E. Schwab served as a private first class in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Next Objective.

Crew A-3, Schwab is sitting in the bottom row, second to the left. Photo courtesy of Richard H. Campbell and the Janet Chapman Pence Collection from the Air Force Museum.

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