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LeRoy Shackelton

First Ordnance SquadronTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
North Airfield at Tinian Island.

LeRoy Shackelton served in the First Ordnance Squadron.

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