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Bernice & Michael Vickio Collection
Los Alamos Military Police & Nurses
 Michael J. Vickio arrived in Los Alamos from Camp
Butner, NC in November
 of 1943 as a member of the military police
detachment. He remained on guard duty until June of 1945 when he was
transferred to the MP motor pool. As a S/Sgt in the motor pool, he
was responsible for many of the MP's vehicles. In September of 1944,
he was joined by his wife Bernice who was hired as a nurse at the Los
Alamos Hospital. Bernice was promoted to Nurse Supervisor in June of
1945 and placed in charge of the maternity ward, a very busy place in
those days. Both left Los Alamos in April 1946 and returned to their
home in upstate New York.Note: There are two ways to view the photos in this gallery. You may "click" on any of the small images below to go to a full-page image along with an expanded caption. You may also navigate forward and backward from each of the full-page images. |
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| Bernice Vickio, a Nurse at Los Alamos - Santa Fe - Nov. 1944 | Very Rare Memo Announcing Purpose of Project to Los Alamos Residents - Aug. 6, 1945 - Signed by Col. G. R. Tyler, Commanding Officer of Los Alamos | Very Rare Memo Announcing Purpose of Project to Los Alamos Residents - Aug. 6, 1945 - Signed by Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, Laboratory Director | Very Rare Memo Announcing Purpose of Project to M.E.D. Personnel - Aug. 6, 1945 - Signed by Col. Kenneth D. Nichols, Commanding Officer of the Manhattan Engineer District - Oak Ridge, TN | Offer of Employment as a Nurse at the Los Alamos Hospital Issued to Bernice Vickio - October 4, 1944 |
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| Promotion to Head Nurse - Maternity - Bernice Vickio - Aug. 10, 1945 | Western Union Telegram - From Sgt. Michael Vickio to Bernice Vickio in Santa Fe, NM - Advising of Discharge From the Army - Fort Bliss, TX - April 5, 1946 | Military Police: T/4's Buck, Rohmiller, and Paul Hinderer - Los Alamos - Jan. 1946 | Photo Taken at Los Alamos Military Police Motor Pool - Veteran Last Names Available - Jan. 1946 | A Group of Men From the Military Police Motor Pool - Los Alamos MP Barracks - Names Unknown - Dec. 1945 |
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| T/4 Paul Hinderer - Los Alamos Military Police - Jan. 1946 | T/4 Buck - Military Police Motor Pool Dispatch Office - Jan. 1946 | Sgt. Foster - Bus Driver - Los Alamos Military Police - Jan. 1946 | Pvt. Ralph West - Los Alamos Military Police - Dec. 1944 | S/Sgt Floyd Jesse & Pfc Michael Vickio - Los Alamos Military Police - Sept. 1945 |
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| Extemporaneous Entry into Diary - Michael Vickio - Military Police - July 15, 1945 | Extemporaneous Entry into Diary - Michael Vickio - Military Police - Aug. 6, 1945 - States that he has just learned of the "atomic bomb" and that it was assembled and tested at Los Alamos | Extemporaneous Entry into Diary - Michael Vickio - Military Police - Aug. 9, 1945 - Notes that the second atomic bomb was dropped on Japan - states "It can't last much longer". | Official Letterhead - Los Alamos Military Police - Company B - 9812th Detachment - Los Alamos, NM | Discharge Orders - Los Alamos Military Police - M/Sgt. Floyd Jessee, T/3 Michael Vickio, T/Sgt. Paul Willard, S/Sgt. Melvin Yancer, & Sgt. Thomas Cowley - Dated March 26, 1946 |
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| President Truman Proclamation - "Day of Prayer & Thanksgiving" - Sunday, Aug. 19, 1945 - Los Alamos, NM | New "Manhattan Project Patch" Revealed - Lampoon Newsletter - Military Police - Los Alamos - Aug. 31, 1945 | Thanksgiving Day Menu - 4817th Military Police Detachment - Nov. 23, 1944 - Cover | Thanksgiving Day Menu - 4817th Military Police Detachment - Nov. 23, 1944 - Page 2 & 3 | Proclamation - Meritorious Service Award - Military Police Detachment - Los Alamos, NM - May 2, 1945 |
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