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Edmund M. Klement

CorporalChicago, IL

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

Edmund M. Klement served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.

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