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James S. Duva

Hiroshima Mission

James S. Duva served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the navigator on the B-29 Jabit III on the Hiroshima mission.

Francis R. Borden

K-25 Plant

Attended the Massachustetts Institute of Technology.

Jens Thornton

Oak Ridge, TN

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Shirley Nyden

Chicago, IL

Shirley Nyden was a laboratory technician in the Chemistry Division at the University of Chicago Met Lab between June and December of 1944.