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Wesley Kirby

1st Ordnance SquadronChicago, IL

Los Alamos, NMTinian IslandWendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
North Airfield at Tinian Island.

Wesley Kirby served in the 1st Ordnance Squadron.

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