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Ruby P. Kidd

K-25 Plant

Ruby Kidd worked for the Kellex Corporation at the K-25 Plant.

Donald D. Fockler

Tinian Island

Donald D. Fockler served as a corporal in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew on the B-29 Full House.

Robert J. Valley

Hiroshima Mission

Robert J. Valley served as a technical sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the tail gunner 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.

Leon Overstreet

Hanford, WA

Oklahoma-born Leon Overstreet went into construction in 1941 after he learned a little pipefitting with American Can in Kansas City.