National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Joseph W. Kennedy (1916-1957) was an American chemist. In 1940 he co-discovered plutonium with Glenn Seaborg, Edwin McMillan, and Arthur Wahl.
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.
Carl Kaddatz served in the 1st Ordnance Squadron.
William Sterling “Deak” Parsons was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1922 and the Naval Postgraduate School in 1929 with a concentration in ordnance.
