National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
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.
Deane G. Churchill served in the 320th Troop Carrier Squadron.
Leon D. Smith joined the Manhattan Project in 1944 and was assigned to the 509th Composite Group at Wendover Airfield in Utah.
