David Purdon

Radio Operator on Laggin’ DragonTinian Island

Wendover, UT

509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

David Purdon served as a member of the 393rd Bombardment Squadron in the 509th Composite Group. He was the radio operator regularly assigned to the Laggin’ Dragon.

Related Profiles

John Morris

Oak Ridge, TN

John Morris worked for the United States Engineer District Office.

George B. Dewitt

K-25 Plant

Attended Cornell University.

Dorothy Pierce

Chicago, IL

Dorothy Pierce was a laboratory assistant in the Chemistry Division at the Chicago Met Lab during the Manhattan Project.

Maxine Miller

Hanford, WA