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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:
Anthony J. DePaulo |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Military Police Job/Position: Post Security Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Linda DePaulo-Hargraves, Daughter Archival Record #: LA-MP-DEPA-0302 | Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
 
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| Name:
Jacob D. Epting |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Civilian - Non Technical Job/Position: Carpenter Dates of Service (if Known): 11/42 to 10/43 Information Submitted By: Susan Harrison - Granddaughter Archival Record #: OR-CO-EPTJ-0302 | Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Jacob Epting worked as a carpenter building what he thought was a hospital at Oak Ridge. All that is known is that he was provided with blueprints at the beginning of each day and that they were taken back at the end of the day. If anyone remembers Jacob Epting or has more information on the hundreds of carpenters that were employed at Oak Ridge, please contact us via Feedback.
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5-3
| Name:
Albert T. Dehart |
Table | Location: Wendover, UT / Tinian Island Assigned Unit: 509th CG - 393rd BS Job/Position: S/Sgt - Tail Gunner; The Great Artiste and Bockscar Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Michelle Dehart, Granddaughter Archival Record #: CG-MO-DEHA-0402 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
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| Name:
John E. Jackson |
Table | Location: Wendover, UT / Tinian Island Assigned Unit: 509th CG - 393 BS Job/Position: Engine Mechanic - Enola Gay Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Kelly Jackson, Granddaughter; Jeff Jackson, Son Archival Record #: CG-MO-JACJ-0402 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
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| Name:
Leslie G. Ritner |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Military - SED Job/Position: Explosives Group ?? Dates of Service (if Known): 1/44 to 4/46 Information Submitted By: Darlene Phillips, Granddaughter Archival Record #: LA-SD-RITL-0402 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
 We know that Les Ritner was with the Special Engineer Detachment at Los Alamos. Frank Holden, another SED, provided the picture of him shown here standing on the bank of the Colorado River at the Grand Canyon. Frank remembers: "He was one of the first group of Special Engineers sent to Los Alamos from Camp Claiborne, La. in late January of 1944. We lived in the same barracks for about two years, and were discharged in the spring of 1946. I ran into him again in Boston that summer; we both had enrolled in graduate school at Harvard on the GI bill, and as I remember, he had recently married and was living in Allston, a section of Boston." |
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| Name:
Dominick A. Itzi |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Military - Provisional Engineer Job/Position: Unknown Dates of Service (if Known): 1944 to 1946 Information Submitted By: Elizabeth Hall, Daughter Archival Record #: LA-MO-ITZD-0402 | Picture 1 | Picture 2 | Picture 3 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
 Dominick Itzi was stationed at Los Alamos between the years 1944 and 1946
and was assigned to the PED (Provisional Engineer Detachment). The
members of the PED served many functions, including construction, building
maintenance, etc. While there, he met and married
Ethel Ann Caylor,
a nurse at the Los Alamos Hospital. They moved to Philadelphia after
the war.
Dominick's daughter, Elizabeth Hall, wishes to learn more about her father's role while at Los Alamos. Anyone with information about Dominick Itzi is encouraged to e-mail us via "Feedback". |
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| Name:
Raymond B. (Blake) Lowrey |
Table | Location: Hanford, WA Assigned Unit: Civilian - Other Job/Position: Unknown Dates of Service (if Known): 2/43 to 1948 Information Submitted By: Jack A. Lowrey, Son Archival Record #: HA-CO-LOWR-0402 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Document 2 | Story 1 | |
My dad moved the family from the Oklahoma Ordnance Works some time in 1943.
We lived in the Hanford Trailer camp until the construction camp closed in 1944
or 1945 and moved into Richland. I have many fond memories of my dad and mom
sitting around the dinner table wondering what we were building. We found out
in Aug of 45. I subsequently worked as an Iron worker on the tank farm for a
couple of summers before moving on to a career in the Air Force. |
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| Name:
Dorothy L. Isgett |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Civilian - Other Job/Position: Unknown Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 to 1946 Information Submitted By: Nathan A. Sterett, Son Archival Record #: OR-CO-ISGD-0402 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Dorothy Isgett was a civilian worker at Oak Ridge from 1943 until 1946. Little is known of what role she played while associated with the Manhattan Project. If anyone remembers Dorothy Isgett, please contact us via Feedback. |
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| Name:
Herbert L. Martin |
Table | Location: Wendover, UT / Tinian Island Assigned Unit: 509th CG - 1st Ordnance Sqdn Job/Position: Unknown Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Bruce H. Martin, Son Archival Record #: CG-MO-MARH-0402 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
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| Name:
Arthur Axelson |
Table | Location: Corporate Partner Assigned Unit: Linde Air; Tonawanda, NY Job/Position: Unknown Dates of Service (if Known): 1944 to 1946 Information Submitted By: Louise Axelson, Daughter Archival Record #: CP-CO-AXEA-0402 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
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| Name:
Alfred E. Zuk |
Table | Location: Wendover, UT Assigned Unit: 509th CG - SED Job/Position: Sheet Metal Worker - Enola Gay Dates of Service (if Known): 1944 to 1945 Information Submitted By: Rose E. Zuk, Daughter Archival Record #: CG-SD-ZUKA-0402 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
 We have determined that Alfred Zuk was a member of the Special Engineer
Detachment assigned to the 509th Composite Group at Wendover, UT.
Alfred worked on making modifications to the B29 Enola Gay so that it could accommodate the "Little Boy" uranium bomb. Alfred is now 87 and says that he remembers working with some one named Farmer and a Lt. James Payne of the 1st Ordnance Sqdn. If anyone remembers Alfred Zuk, please contact us via Feedback |
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| Name: Joyce
Mari Peterson |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge Assigned Unit: Civilian - Tennessee Eastman Job/Position: Y12 Plant Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 to 1945 Information Submitted By: Sandra T. Carter, Daughter Archival Record #: OR-CO-PETJ-0402 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
He daughter recalls her speaking about watching separated isotopes being transferred through a window. If anyone has knowledge of Joyce Mari Peterson at Oak Ridge during World War II, please contact us via "Feedback" |
