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Chester A. Rogalski

Tail Gunner in the Jabit IIIHiroshima Mission

Tinian IslandWendover, UT
509th Composite GroupHiroshima MissionManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
North Airfield at Tinian Island.

Chester A. Rogalski served as a corporal in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He served as tail gunner in the Jabit III on the Hiroshima bomb mission.

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