Manhattan Project Veterans

Much of the historical information on this web site has originated from our contact with veterans and their families. The members of our board of directors are all Manhattan Project veterans, family members of veterans, and others with a passion to see that all of the veterans, both military and civilian, are given proper and lasting recognition.

Nothing gives us pleasure like hearing from a new veteran or family member. It is like finding a new piece to a yet unfinished puzzle. Many veterans leave us with sealed lips about their work on the Project. Often. family members will contact us after a veteran's death when they run across a Manhattan Project certificate or some other indication that they worked on the atomic bomb. We are anxious to hear from all of you.

We have around 11,000 names of veterans posted on the web site. As a first step you may search our database by entering the veteran's last name (see Search for a Veteran). If you don't find a listing for the veteran, don't despair. We have located less than 10% thus far. That is why your information is so important. Click on the following to submit a veteran's name: Submit Information About a Veteran

When submitting information about a veteran, you have many options:

Simply add their name to our veteran tables area: Veteran Tables
If you are looking for information about what a particular veteran did on the project or looking for someone who may remember her or him, post a message on our veteran message board: Post a Message Here!
Our veteran archives is a nice option if you have quite a bit of information about the veteran. Here you may post an expanded biography, a photo, and other related information: Veteran Archives
Our veteran collections area is our most extensive way to give recognition to a veteran. This is also where our Veteran Recognition objective overlaps with our Educational objective. This area is where we post a collection of primary source documents (photos, documents, certificates, stories, letters, etc.) under the name of the veteran. This is the best way to give the highest level of recognition to a veteran and provide a primary source of educational content for our thousands of student visitors: Veteran Collections
We are aggressively working on an expanded oral history project. Here we record (either audio or video) oral histories directly from the veteran. These will eventually be posted to our web site. The original recordings will be submitted to the Library of Congress: Oral History Project

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