National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Attended Louisiana State University.
Robert J. Valley served as a technical sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the tail gunner of the B-29 Full House, which served as a weather reconnaissance plane on the Hiroshima bombing mission, and the backup strike plane on Iwo Jima on the Nagasaki mission.
Barton B. Crespin served as a private first class in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Necessary Evil.
Herbert S. Bridge was born in 1919 in Berkeley, California. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Maryland in 1941.
After her brother was drafted, Sheila Rowan and her family moved to Happy Valley, Tennessee to support the war effort.