Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Matthew S. Muretic

Staff SergeantTinian Island

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

Matthew S. Muretic served in the 320th Troop Carrier Squadron.

Related Profiles

Bobby J. Chapman

Tinian Island

Bobby J. Chapman served as a captain in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the regularly assigned bombardier for the Big Stink, and he and his crew were later reassigned to Luke the Spook.

Ethaline H. Cortelyou

Chicago, IL

Ethaline Hartge Cortelyou was a junior chemist at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Robert Stankevitch

Tinian Island

Robert Stankevitch served in the First Ordnance Squadron.

R.H. Roestel

Hanford, WA