National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Roger Stover was born in Naperville, Illinois. He spent his first eighteen years there before going to Purdue for his B.
O. R. "Big" Simpson was a second lieutenant in military intelligence in charge of convoys carrying plutonium from Hanford to Fort Douglas, Utah.
Rudolph H. Gerken served as a private first class in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Bockscar.