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The Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association, Inc. "Preserving, Exhibiting, Interpreting and Teaching the History of the Manhattan Project" |
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| In conjunction with our commitment to the Veteran History Project of the Library of Congress, we proudly present the Veterans of the Manhattan Project. Below are the personal histories of 12 of these veterans. Please "click" on a name below to go directly to that veteran's section or simply page down to view them all. Please "click" here to go to the Veteran Archives Directory. |
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| Name:
Arnold Kramish |
Table | Location: Various Locations Assigned Unit: Military - SED Job/Position: Physicist Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 to 1946 Information Submitted By: Arnold Kramish Archival Record #: LA-SD-KRAA-1201 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 |
Arnold Kramish participated in the Manhattan Project as a member of the SED at Oak Ridge, the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and Los Alamos. (He was the third member of the team present during the explosion at the Philadelphia Navy Yard which killed Douglas Meigs and Peter Bragg) Immediately following the war, Kramish was with the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1951, he became a senior staff member of the RAND corporation. From 1970 - 1976, he was posted in Paris as U.S. Science & Technology Counselor for UNESCO and OECD. He is a consultant and author of several books, including The Griffin (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA. 1986). Currently Mr. Kramish is working on his memoirs. |
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| Name:
Gilbert P. Mathis |
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| Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Civilian - Technical Job/Position: Electrical Engineer Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 - 12/46 Information Submitted By: Rhonda M. Royston - Daughter Archival Record #: LA-CS-MATG-0901 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Gilbert P.
Mathis was born in Perry, FL in 1917. After attending the University
of Florida, he became a civilian employee of the U. S. Army Signal Corps.
He was later recruited for Los Alamos while attending school in Chicago.
His wife, the former Norma Gwendelyn Wentworth, was also a Signal Corps
employee who worked at Los Alamos. (see below) They both lived in Bandolier, NM before
housing at Los Alamos was available. Upon leaving Los Alamos, Gilbert served at the U. S. Navy Mine Defense Lab in Panama City, FL until his retirement. Gilbert Mathis died of leukemia on February 11, 1984.
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| Name:
Norma G. (Wentworth) Mathis |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Unknown Job/Position: Unknown Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Rhonda M. Royston - Daughter Archival Record #: LA-MO-MATN-0901 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
The former Norma Gwendelyn Wentworth, wife of Gilbert P. Mathis (above) was also a Signal Corps employee who worked at Los Alamos. Her and her husband both lived in Bandolier, NM before housing at Los Alamos was available. |
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| Name:
Floyd Jessee |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Military Police Job/Position: M/Sgt - Security Dates of Service (if Known): ???? Information Submitted By: Bill Jessee, Son & Kathy Harper, Daughter Archival Record #: LA-MP-JESF-0202 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
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| Name:
"Bill" Jessee |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Civilian - Non Technical Job/Position: Nurse Dates of Service (if Known): ???? Information Submitted By: Bill Jessee, Son & Kathy Harper, Daughter Archival Record #: LA-CO-JESW-0202 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
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| Name:
Jeanne (Smoot) Crumb |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Civilian - Non Technical Job/Position: Nurse Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Bernice Vickio Archival Record #: LA-CO-CRUJ-0302 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Jeanne (Smoot) Crumb was a nurse at the Los Alamos Hospital during World
War II. It is believed that she was recruited from Barnes Hospital
in St. Louis, MO., where several other hospital workers were recruited. In December 1945, she married T3 Carl Crumb, a SED at Los Alamos. |
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| Name:
Carl V. Schavone |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Military Police Job/Position: Post Security Dates of Service (if Known): 01/45 to 04/46 Information Submitted By: Peter Schavone, Son; Ray Schavone, Son Archival Record #: LA-MP-SCHC-0102 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Document 2 | Story 1 | |
lots of little memories, learning to play cribbage for 50
cents a game! |
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| Name:
Sidney S. Schneider |
Table | Location: Wendover, UT / Tinian Island Assigned Unit: 509th CG - 1027th AMS Job/Position: Bomb Disposal / Aerial Gunner Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 - 1945 Information Submitted By: Jack Schneider, Son Archival Record #: CG-MO-SCHS-0701 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Main Responsibilities: Setting
fuses, office clerk, bomb disposal, aerial gunner. Favorite Stories: Dropped fake spider over bed onto mans face scaring the crap out of him. Wrote on a conventional bomb "to tojo from ann & sid. Sent home original picture of Tibbetts waiving out window of Enola Gay just before takeoff to drop the first atomic bomb. His son jack has possession of this original photo today.
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| Name:
Jesse Sligh |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Military Police Job/Position: Security Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Unknown Archival Record #: LA-MP-SLIJ-1000 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
We have verified that Jesse Sligh was an MP at Los Alamos during World War II. However, the person's name submitting the information to us is not known. If anyone remembers Jesse Sligh or has further information about him, please contact us via "feedback" above. |
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| Name:
Gordon M. Smith |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN - Y-12 Plant Assigned Unit: Military - SED Job/Position: Chemical Engineer Dates of Service (if Known): 09/44 to 05/46 Information Submitted By: Gordon M. Smith Archival Record #: OR-SD-SMIG-1201 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Gordon Smith was a chemical engineer with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers "Special Engineering Detachment" at the Clinton Engineer Works (Oak Ridge). Initially he worked as a motor-generator operator and later as a shift supervisor of an analytical control laboratory for analysis of materials at various points. He was assigned to the Y-12 Electro-magnetic Separation Plant operated by Tennessee Eastman.
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| Name:
Esther L. Stenstrom |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN - Y12 Plant Assigned Unit: Civilian - Non Technical Job/Position: Draftsperson Dates of Service (if Known): 04/43 to 05/46 Information Submitted By: Esther L. Stenstrom Archival Record #: OR-CO-STEE-0301 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Responsibilities: Draftsman for Process Improvement Section of Tennessee Eastman Corp. located in Y-12 Born in Crescent City, FL on March 9, 1922. Survived the Great Depression, married Guy O. Stenstrom, Jr. in 1941. Daughters Patricia (born in Oak Ridge), Sharon now live in Atlanta. After Oak Ridge - obtained cosmetology license and worked as such before employment in Dept. of Health (State of Florida). Retired, State of Florida. Living in Orlando area. Writing a book "AS IS", soon to be published. In this I relate briefly some of the experiences of Oak Ridge. This was an experience I wouldn't take the world for, but which I hope we are never faced with again. |
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| Name:
Charles C. Sterett |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Civilian - Technical Job/Position: Physicist Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Nathan Sterett Archival Record #: OR-CS-STEC-1101 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Charles C. Sterett worked as a physicist at the Clinton Engineer Works (Oak Ridge), one of the largest sites of the Manhattan Project during World War II. Little is known about his specific duties and at which plant (ie., Y-12, K-25, etc.) he actually worked. His son, Nathan, has submitted this information in the hopes that someone will recognize his name and be able to fill in some of the blanks. If you know of Charles C. Sterett, please contact our organization at cotmp1@angelfire.com. |
