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The Los Alamos Scientific Team
Project Alberta
| In addition to the personnel assigned to the 509th Composite Group, a team of scientific personnel were sent from Los Alamos to Tinian Island. Their mission was to assemble the weapons and act as official observers. Below are the names of the members of this team. IF YOU KNOW OF THE SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE MEN LISTED, PLEASE CONTACT US VIA "FEEDBACK" ABOVE! These names were provided by John L. Tucker, a member of Project Alberta. Please "click" here to view a photograph of the Project Alberta Team |
| Name | Status | Duties (if known!) |
| Agnew, Harold | Civilian | Los Alamos Physicist |
| Alvarez, Luis | Civilian | Los Alamos Physicist; Yield Measurement |
| Anderson, David, Ens. | USNR | X-Unit |
| Ashworth, Frederick L., LCdr | USN | Weaponeer - Bockscar; Operations Officer |
| Baker, Charles P. | Civilian | Head - Fat Man Pit Team w/ Morrison |
| Bederson, Benjamin B. | USA - SED | X-Unit |
| Birch, Francis A. | "Little Boy" Assembly Team | |
| Bolstead, Milo | ||
| Caleca, Vincent | USA - SED | Fat Man Team |
| Camac, Morton | Fat Man Pit Team | |
| Carlson, Edward G. | ||
| Collins, Arthur W. | USA - SED | X-Unit |
| Dawson, Robert W. | USA - SED | X-Unit |
| Dike, Sheldon | Civilian | Scientific Team Member; Aircraft Ordnance |
| Doll, Edward B. | Civilian | Radar Fuzing |
| Farrell, T. F. (General) | USA | 2nd in Command to Groves |
| Fortine, Frank J. | USA - SED | X-Unit |
| Goodman, Walter | Civilian | Observer - The Great Artiste |
| Harms, Donald C. | USA - SED | |
| Hopper, John D., Lt. | USA | Fat Man Team |
| Johnston, Lawrence H. | Civilian | Instrument Officer - The Great Artiste (Note 3) |
| Kupferberg, Jesse | Observer - The Great Artiste | |
| Langer, Lawrence | USA - SED | SED |
| Larkin, William J. | ||
| Linschitz, Henry | Civilian | Fat Man Team |
| Machen, Arthur B. | Civilian | Little Boy Assembly |
| Mastick, Donald, Ens. | USNR | |
| Matthews, Robert P. | ||
| Miller, Victor A., Lt. | USNR | Little Boy Assembly |
| Morrison, Philip | Civilian | Head - Fat Man Pit Team (Note 2) |
| Motichko, Leonard | ||
| Murphy, William L. | ||
| Nolan, James F., Capt. | USA | Medical Officer |
| Nooker, Eugene L. | ||
| O'Keefe, Barney J. | USNR | X-Unit |
| Olmstead, Thomas H. | ||
| Parsons, William S, Com. | USN | Weaponeer - Enola Gay - Chief, Los Alamos Team |
| Penney, William G. | Civilian | Physicist - British Observer - The Big Stink |
| Perlman, Theodore | Civilian | Little Boy Assembly |
| Prohs, Wesley Richard | USNR | Radar Section - Trigger Mechanism |
| Purnell, W. R., Adm. | USN | |
| Ramsey, Norman F. | Civilian | Asst. Chief - Los Alamos Team |
| Reynolds, George T., Ens. | USNR | X-Unit |
| Russ, Harlow S. | Civilian | Little Boy Assembly |
| Schreiber, Raemer S. | Civilian | Fat Man Pit Team (Note 1 & 2) |
| Serber, Robert | Civilian | Los Alamos Physicist |
| Stephenson, Edward C., LCDR | USNR | Chief - Electrical Detonation |
| Thornton, Gunnar | USA - SED | T/Sgt SED |
| Tucker, John L., Ens. | USNR | X-Unit Section |
| Waldman, Bernard | Chief - Observation Team - Hiroshima | |
| Warner Jr., Roger S. | Civilian | Chief - Fat Man Assembly Team |
| Zimmerli, Frederick H. | ||
Note 1: Hand-carried Fat Man plutonium core on C54 "Green Hornet" to Tinian Island Note 2: Were also members of the Trinity Pit Team
Note 3: Only person to witness all three atomic explosions
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