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John J. Mendl

Machinist Tinian Island

509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
The 1st Ordnance Squadron at Tinian Island. Mendl is pictured on the 3rd row, 8th from the left.

John Mendl was a member of the 1st Ordnance Squadron in the 509th Composite Group stationed on Tinian Island in the Pacific. He specialized as a machinist in the Army Air Force in Georgia and South Carolina before volunteering for a position with the 509th. After the war he worked as a carpenter and building contractor. 

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