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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. |
Manhattan Project Veteran Archives
Archive Section
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9-1
| Name:
Samuel Allan Kline |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Civilian - Scientist Job/Position: Physicist Dates of Service (if Known): 1942 to 1946 Information Submitted By: Kathy Klein, Daughter Archival Record #: LA-CS-KLES-0602 | Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Samuel Allan Klein was born in 1920 and passed away in 2001. While a
student majoring in physics at the University of Chicago, Allan worked
with Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi in the hidden lab underneath the
bleachers at Stagg Field where the world's first sustained chain reaction
took place in December of 1942. He was then recruited to work on the
Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, NM. His own family was not aware of
his work or his location during this time. On May 21, 1946 eight men were working on criticality experiments in a remote location in Los Alamos. Allan, then a junior-level physicist, was called over to view the experiment then underway.
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9-2
| Name:
Rudolph E. Rogers |
Table | Location: Wendover, UT / Tinian Island Assigned Unit: 509th CG - 1st Ordnance Sqdn Job/Position: Bomb Truck Driver Dates of Service (if Known): 1944 to 1945 Information Submitted By: Charles Rogers, Son Archival Record #: CG-MO-ROGR-0602 | Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
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9-3
| Name:
Michael Olsen |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Military - SED Job/Position: Dates of Service (if Known): Information Submitted By: John Olsen, Son Archival Record #: LA-SD-OLSM-0602 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
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9-4
| Name:
Lawrence A. Kimpton |
Table | Location: Chicago Met Lab Assigned Unit: Administration Job/Position: Chief Administrative Officer Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 to 1945 Information Submitted By: Anonymous Archival Record #: ML-CO-KIML-0602 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
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distinguished educator and academic administrator, Lawrence Alpheus
Kimpton (b. Kansas City, Missouri 1910-d. Melbourne Beach, Florida, 1977)
was educated at Stanford University (B.A. 1931; M. A. 1932) and Cornell
University (Ph.D. 1935). He was an instructor for one year (1935-1936) at
Deep Springs (California), Junior College and subsequently became dean
(1936-1941). After briefly operating a cattle ranch in Nevada (1941-1942)
he taught mathematics and philosophy while serving as dean of the College
of Liberal Arts at the University of Kansas (1942-1943). Kimpton joined
the metallurgical Labs in Chicago in 1943 as associate administrator.
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9-5
| Name:
Arnold "Ace" Grubbe |
Table | Location: Crane Company; Valves Assigned Unit: Civilian - Scientific Job/Position: Engineer / Draftsman Dates of Service (if Known): Information Submitted By: Jan Predmore, Daughter; Gladys Laube, Daughter Archival Record #: CP-CS-GRUA-0602 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Arnold was born in Chicago on July 14, 1904 and passed away on June 13,
2002 in New Glarus, WI. He suffered from Alzheimer's Disease the past 14
years. He worked for Crane Co in Chicago for over 40 years and
retired in 1969 and did not talk much about his involvement in the
Manhattan Project to his family, so all we know about his work is that he
was sent to Oak Ridge for a while on a secret project during WWII.
He had 5 daughters and 1 son, all still living, was a very loving father,
contributed to community and church activities, was married 64 years to
Elsie (deceased Dec. 2000). A very Christian, loyal, honest, humorous man,
loved to sing. He has 6 children, 21 grandchildren, 22
great-grandchildren. Specialty: Mechanical Engineer working on valves for the K25 Gaseous Diffusion Process Plant at Oak Ridge. |
9-6
| Name:
John Lansdale |
Table | Location: Washington, DC / Europe Assigned Unit: Military - Administrative Job/Position: CO - Manhattan Project Security Dates of Service (if Known): Information Submitted By:
Archival Record #: LA-SD-HOLF-0102 | Picture 1 | Picture 2 | Picture 3 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
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9-7
| Name:
Sarah F. Bailey |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Civilian - Other Job/Position: Gauge Watcher - K25 Plant Dates of Service (if Known): 1945 Information Submitted By: Ann Combs, Daughter Archival Record #: OR-CO-BAIS-0502 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Document 2 | Story 1 | |
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9-8
| Name:
Carl S. Helrich, Sr. |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Civilian - Scientific Job/Position: Civil Engineer Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 to 1945 Information Submitted By: Carl S. Helrich, Jr., Son Archival Record #: OR-CS-HELC-0702 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Carl Helrich was born in 1895 in Everett, MA. He served in the artillery in WWI as a top sergeant. He graduated from MIT in the postwar class of 1918. He married Anna Brita Ohman in 1934 and had two children, Hilda and Carl Jr. During WWII, he was employed by the J. A. Johnson Construction Company at Oak Ridge as a civil engineer and as a project manager for construction of the Oak Ridge town site and plant area. Carl loved the mountains of east Tennessee and made Oak Ridge his home from the end of WWII until his death in 1971. |
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| Name:
Ray H. Williams |
Table | Location: Wendover UT / Tinian Island Assigned Unit: 509th CG - 1st Ordnance Sqdn Job/Position: Unknown Dates of Service (if Known): 1945 Information Submitted By: Cynthia G. Allen, Daughter Archival Record #: CG-MO-WILR-0702 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
MY FATHER, Ray H. Williams was with the 509th Composite Group during World
War II, and I want to find out more information on him. He passed away
Jan. 26, 1986, and left me a Hawaii twenty dollar bill that was signed by
all that was aboard the Enola Gay, and dated 09:15 -15-Aug-45 N HVT-4-N
-T1NIAN- Thank you.
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| Name:
Mary M. Fair |
Table | Location: Met Lab - Univ. of Chicago Assigned Unit: Health Division Job/Position: Lab Assistant Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 to 1952 Information Submitted By: Joseph F. Littleton, Husband Archival Record #: ML-CO-FAIM-0702 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
 Mary Fair was a lab assistant injecting various animals
(rats, mice etc) with solutions. She did not know what they were,
but had to wear radiation detecting devicesI met my wife Mary Fair in 1949 while she was still working for the Manhattan Project. She originally worked at a site on University Ave near the University of Chicago. She later was transferred to Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois We were married in 1951 and a few years later she left The Manhattan Project to raise a family. We had two boys and four girls. We retired to Coloma, Michigan in 1984. Mary developed a brain tumor and often wondered if it was a result of working at the Manhattan Project. Mary died on December 10,1999 If anyone remembers Mary Fair, please contact us via "feedback" |
9-11
| Name:
Albert W. Thompson |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Military - Medical Job/Position: Capt., Doctor Dates of Service (if Known): 1945 Information Submitted By: Leslie T. Henson, Daughter Archival Record #: OR-MO-THOA-0702 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
The following information was given to me by my mother, who accompanied my father to Oak Ridge, TN. In March, 1945, two weeks home from the European Theatre, my father was spending 2 weeks R&R in the Army/Navy Hospital in Hot Springs, AR. During his hospital stay, a man came to see him about "volunteering" for another tour of duty. My father declined, stating that he had just spent two years in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy, and was anxious to settle down to private life and begin his medical practice.. The man told my father that he had no choice, that he would be going to Oak Ridge, TN. My father worked at the Oak Ridge Hospital under the auspices of the Manhattan Project. The hospital was civilian and instead of being referred to as "Dr. Thompson", my father was called "Capt. Thompson". According to my mother, my father was taught how to treat A-bomb victims. I don't know where my father lived, but my mother said that she and my brother first lived in a tourist home across from the University of Tennessee, then later moved to Clinton to rent a cottage with maple furniture. They left Oak Ridge in December, 1945. My father never discussed Oak Ridge with my brother, sister, or me. If anyone remembers Capt. Albert Thompson, please contact his daughter, Leslie Henson, at lhenson@pbmo.net |
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| Name: Brandt,
Joseph J. |
Table | Location: Chrysler Corporation - Detroit, MI Assigned Unit: Production Job/Position: Unknown Dates of Service (if Known): 1944 to 1945 Information Submitted By: Richard Brandt, Son Archival Record #: CP-CO-BRAJ-0702 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Joseph J. Brandt was an employee of Chrysler
Corporation in Detroit and we think he was assigned to the Lynch Road
plant. His Manhattan Project certificate only indicates Chrysler.
Chrysler Corporation was the primary contractor for the manufacture of the
diffusers used at the K-25 Plant at Oak Ridge If any one has knowledge of Joseph J. Brandt or has more information on Chrysler's role in the Manhattan Project, please contact us via "feedback" above. |
Helen "Nellie" Lansdale, Daughter
Sarah Bailey was very young when she went to work at the K-25 plant in Oak
Ridge. She was employed by Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp. in 1945.
Sarah was always very proud of the role she played in bringing about an end to
World War II. Sarah recently passed away and her daughter, Patricia Ann
Combs, is trying to locate the father she has never known. While at Oak
Ridge, Sarah met Albert Howell who drove the workers back and forth to their
jobs. After the war, Sarah returned home and found out that she was
expecting a baby. She attempted to get in touch with Albert Howell but
could never locate him. Ann was born on June 4, 1947. If anyone remembers
Albert Howell or has any knowledge of his whereabouts, please contact us via
"feedback" or contact Ann Combs at:
