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Vernon J. Rowley

Radar Operator on the Jabit IIIHiroshima Mission

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

Vernon J. Rowley served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the radar operator on the B-29 Jabit III on the Hiroshima mission.

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