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Ralph R. Taylor, Jr.

Hiroshima Mission

Ralph R. Taylor, Jr. served as a major in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the commander of the B-29 Full House, which served as a weather reconnaissance plane on the Hiroshima bombing mission, and the backup strike plane on Iwo Jima on the Nagasaki mission.

E. H. Brayton

Hanford, WA

Edwin Fudala

Chicago, IL

Edwin Fudala worked in the shop at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

John D. Mathis

Oak Ridge, TN

Mathis worked for Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation.