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Paul W. Gruning

Bombardier on the Jabit IIIHiroshima Mission

Tinian IslandWendover, UT
509th Composite GroupHiroshima MissionManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
North Airfield at Tinian Island.

Paul W. Gruning served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the bombardier on the B-29 Jabit III on the Hiroshima mission.

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