The Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association, Inc.

"Preserving, Exhibiting, Interpreting and Teaching the History of the Manhattan Project"


Home Site Map Contact Us Feedback Mission

Lawrence S. O'Rourke Collection

Oak Ridge Special Engineer Detachment

Lawrence S. O'Rourke was a member of the Special Engineer Detachment of the Manhattan Engineer District.  After completion of the ASTP program at the Ohio State University, he was transferred to the S.A.M. Laboratories at Columbia University in New York City in January 1944.  He was later transferred to Oak Ridge, TN in May 1945.

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.

 

  Back to Veteran Collections Directory

 

Images 1 to 6

 


1 2 3 4 5
Letter from Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves to Lawrence S. O'Rourke Regarding His Service Record - Dated Aug. 11, 1947 Special Order #36 Assigning Pfc Lawrence S. O'Rourke from Ohio State ASTP to the Special Engineer Detachment at Columbia University (S.A.M. Labs) - Includes Authorization to Wear Civilian Clothes - Dated Feb. 9, 1944 Manhattan Project Certificate - Lawrence S. O'Rourke Employee ID Card - Lawrence S. O'Rourke - S. A. M. Laboratories - Columbia University - Jan. 1944 Details of Special Engineer Detachment at Oak Ridge Revealed - Knoxville News-Sentinel - Aug. 18, 1946

6        
       
Special Order #19 Transferring 16 Men, Including Pfc Lawrence O'Rourke, from the Ohio State Univ. Army Training Unit to the Special Engineer Detachment at Columbia University (S.A.M. Labs) - Dated Jan. 27, 1944        





  Official Test Count Commenced 05/26/03 -  Hit Counter

 

 

 

IF YOU SEE A YELLOW "ENTER" BUTTON ABOVE, PLEASE DO NOT "CLICK" ON IT.  THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO A GAMBLING SITE WHICH WAS ADDED TO OUR WEB SITE WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION!

Don't Miss Our Atomic Bomb General Store!

This web site contains over 3,300 pages and 2,400 photos.  More are being added each month.  This web site is made possible though donations from our members and friends.  We would be honored if you could make a small contribution to help us keep this project going.  Please "click" on the Amazon.com button below..it's fast, it's painless and it's tax deductible!

Click Here to Pay Learn More Amazon Honor System

 

   This web site is growing by 150 pages per month - Click "What's New" to see what has recently been added and what is in line to be added in the coming months!

 

Veterans Memorial  |  Directory of Photos  |  Gallery of Photos  |  Scientific Hall of Fame

Contact Us  |  Feedback  |  Foreign Visitors  |  Board of Advisors

Los Alamos  |  Oak Ridge  |  Hanford  |  509th CG  |  Met Lab

Send mail to support@childrenofthemanhattanproject.org with questions or comments about this web site.

Unless explicitly specified otherwise, this page and all other pages at this site are Copyright © 2000-2004 by The Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association. Use of text, images, layout, format, look, or feel of these pages, without the written permission of the copyright holder, except as specified in the Copyright Notice, is strictly prohibited. All Rights Reserved.

Created using Microsoft FrontPage 2002
Last modified: August 03, 2005

Copyright Notice  |  Privacy Notice