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Frank A. Alger Sr.

Wendover, UT

Tinian Island
Manhattan Project Veteran

Frank A. Alger Sr. was a member of the 509th Composite Group at Wendover, UT and later transferred to Tinian Island to prepare for the atomic bomb mission against Japan.

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