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Leander J. Baur

Tinian Island

Leander J. Baur served as a staff sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the radio operator regularly assigned first to Luke the Spook and later to Big Stink.

Kenneth F. Wiley

Los Alamos, NM

Kenneth Wiley was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Prior to joining, he worked in California building ships for the war effort.

James Forde

Columbia University

James Forde joined the Manhattan Project in 1944 when he was hired by the Union Carbide and Carbon Company to work at the Nash Garage Building at Columbia University, where scientists worked on developing the gaseous diffusion process.

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Oak Ridge, TN

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