Photo at left: Engineers at work in control bunker - Trinity Site - 10,000 yards west of ground zero - Speaking of thanking World War II veterans, the A&E History Channel is working on an ambitious project which will chronicle the last days of World War II. This multi-part series will begin airing in February and will continue through August 2005. Obviously the Manhattan Project played an important role in this time period and will be generously explored in this program. We have been instrumental in providing photos and documents to the producers as well as arranging for the interviews of Manhattan Project veterans, military and civilian. All interviews for the series are being conducted at New York City and Washington, DC. If you are a Manhattan Project veteran and are interested in participating, please contact us as soon as possible.

Photo at left: Thousands of people at Oak Ridge made their home in these square hutments - We have begun work a 2-volume book which will chronicle the history of the Special Engineer Detachment of the Manhattan Project. Volume I will deal with Los Alamos and the Met Lab and Volume II will cover Oak Ridge. We have prepared "kits" which are being mailed out to former SED members. These kits include an alphabetical listing of Special Engineer Detachment members (about 900 for Los Alamos and 1,300 for Oak Ridge) as well as sample questions and SED organizational information. We are in the process of scheduling interviews with the veterans now. Kits are being mailed out to former SED's who are members of our organization. However, being a member of our organization is not mandatory and if you know of someone who is a former SED, please let us know as soon as possible. We are on a very tight schedule for this book project and wish to schedule interviews quickly.

Photo at left: Specially modified tank used by Enrico Fermi to collect soil samples from ground zero after test - You may have seen or read about the urgent need for pre-paid calling cards for our men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is also a pressing need for these calling cards for our wounded servicemen and women who are hospitalized in Germany or in the U. S. at such hospitals as Walter Reed. Nothing improves morale like the ability to talk with family and friends. As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, we have signed up with the Armed Forces Exchange to begin soliciting donations to provide these much needed pre-paid calling cards to our troops free of charge. The special pre-paid calling cards are provided by the Armed Forces Exchange and are specifically for members of the Armed Forces. There are 4 cards available. We will purchase these cards with donated funds and pay for the shipment of these cards to those in need. Donations for this program are tax-deductible.

Photo at left: MP's at work in Oak Ridge office - Note bathroom door at left rear - If you haven't already, please check out our new interactive message board! More than 4,000 people visited our message board during December and it is growing each month. We have hundreds of items posted including many questions submitted by our visitors. There are also dozens of requests from people looking for information about Manhattan Project veterans. These are broken down by location, ie., Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, 509th, etc. If you have a question or are looking for a long-lost relative or friend, take a few minutes to browse.

Photo at left: Member of the Oak Ridge Special Engineer Detachment above Y-12 facility - During the past 3 months we have received a number of interesting quotes. Here are just a few: