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Frank M. Briese

Hiroshima Mission

Frank M. Briese served as a master sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the flight engineer 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.

Vilmer H. Kiplinger

K-25 Plant

Attended Purdue University.

William G. Stolsonburg

Tinian Island

William G. Stolsonburg served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.

James F. Schumar

Chicago, IL

James F. Schumar was a metallurgist. In 1940, he became Chief Metallurgist at Wolverine Tube Company.