Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

James McGlennon

Ground Crew on Laggin’ DragonTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
McEachern Yearbook photo

James McGlennon 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 Laggin’ Dragon.

Related Profiles

W. D. Lee

Hanford, WA

R. F. Kocher

Y-12 Plant

R. F. Kocher worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

R. H. Cook

X-10 Graphite Reactor

R. H. Cook worked for Clinton Laboratories at the X-10 Reactor.

Walter Simon

Hanford, WA

Walt Simon, a chemist, was Hanford’s first Operations Manager. Before joining the Manhattan Project, he was plant manager at Wabash River Ordnance Works, a DuPont plant near Terre Haute, Indiana.