Farron Benjamin

Tinian Island

Wendover, UT

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

Farron Benjamin served in the last year of the war with the 1027th Air Material Squadron of the 509th Composite Group, first in Wendover, Utah, before transferring to Tinian Island.

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