National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
William J. Desmond served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the pilot regularly assigned to the B-29 Strange Cargo.
Merrill Garrett worked at the Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge, TN during the Manhattan Project. A high school football star, Garrett received an appointment to the United States Military Academy, but was forced to decline due to financial circumstances during the Great Depression.