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Clyde L. Bysom

Tinian Island

Clyde L. Bysom served as a corporal in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the tail gunner regularly assigned to the B-29 Some Punkins.

Elmer Kelly

Tinian Island

Elmer began working with the Manhattan Project in 1941. He was one of the first people to arrive at Oak Ridge and experienced first-hand some of the difficulties there with cyclotrons and isotope separation.

William “Bill” J. Knox

Chicago, IL

William “Bill” J. Knox was a research associate at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Robert L. Higgins

K-25 Plant

Attended New York University.