National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
R. W. Rankin worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.
Jacob Beser served as a 1st lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron’s Radar Section. He was the radar specialist aboard the Enola Gay bombing mission to Hiroshima and on Bockscar during the Nagasaki mission.
Hardy Whitehead worked for the Edenfield Electric Company.
Herbert Depke was born November 18, 1907 in Danville, Illinois. He received a B.S. from the University of Illinois in 1930, then began working for his family’s business.