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Karl Payne

Hanford, WA

James R. Corliss

Hiroshima Mission

James R. Corliss served as a technical sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was regularly assigned to work as a flight engineer on the Up An’ Atom but did not fly in that plane during the August 1945 bombing missions on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Roland H. Mertes

K-25 Plant

Roland Mertes worked for the Kellex Corporation at the K-25 Plant.

E. E. Gillum

Research & Development/300 Area

Gillum worked at the 300 Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.