National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Joseph W. Giroux was a Private First Class in the 1st Ordnance Squadron. Giroux was born in Worthington in the district of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, on October 24, 1921.
Gaffney worked in the United States Engineer District Office.
Eleanor Eekwald was a stenographer at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.
George W. Marquardt served as a captain in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. Although he was regularly assigned to the Up An’ Atom, he flew in the mission to bomb Hiroshima as the aircraft commander of the Necessary Evil.
