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Donald L. Rowe

Assistant Engineer on the Jabit IIIHiroshima Mission

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

Donald L. Rowe served as a corporal in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the assistant engineer on the Jabit III during the Hiroshima mission.

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