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Herbert L. Martin

OrdnancemanTinian Island

Wendover, UT
Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
The 1st Ordnance Squadron at Tinian Island. Mendl is pictured on the 3rd row, 8th from the left.

Herbert L. Martin was a member of the 1st Ordnance Squadron in the 509th Composite Group in Wendover, Utah and Tinian Island in the Pacific. 

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