Morris R. Jeppson

LieutenantHiroshima Mission

Los Alamos, NMTinian IslandWendover, UT

509th Composite GroupHiroshima MissionManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

Morris R. Jeppson served as a lieutenant in the 1st Ordnance Squadron. He also worked as a weapons test officer. He was the assistant weaponeer on the Enola Gay on the Hiroshima bomb mission.

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