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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.

Robert Cantrell

Chicago, IL

Robert Cantrell joined the Manhattan Project in 1943 and worked as an architect for Dr. Walter Zinn’s design group at the University of Chicago.

Harvey Grove

Y-12 Plant

Harvey Grove worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

Larry DeCuir

Tinian Island

Larry DeCuir (1922- ) was an officer in the 509th Composite Group on Tinian Island during World War II.