The Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association, Inc.
"Preserving, Exhibiting, Interpreting and Teaching the History of the Manhattan Project"
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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
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12-1
| Name:
Bradshaw, William L. |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Y-12 Plant; Tennessee Eastman Job/Position: Mechanical Engineer Dates of Service (if Known): 1942 to 1947 Information Submitted By: Angela Price; Daughter Archival Record #: OR-CS-BRAW-0103 | Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Mr. Bradshaw died in 1963. My sister and I are finding items that have
been kept since his death and some of them are pertaining to the Manhattan
Project.
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12-2
| Name:
Barwick, Henry Robert |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Y-12 Plant; Tennessee Eastman Job/Position: Plumber, Pipefitter, Steamfitter Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 to 1945 Information Submitted By: Patricia M. Wilmoth, Daughter Archival Record #: OR-CO-BARH-0103 | Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
my dad was a plumber, pipefitter, steamfitter working at
Y-12 and on each ends of the building in which the bombs were built. He
was not allowed to tie the ends of the building together for security
reasons. mp-experience: Dad received radiation poisoning after being left in an area too long. A million dollars (as the story goes) of U235 was strapped to his back to pull the poison out. I remember listening to fluids from his hands hit the newspapers mom had placed on the floor as his hands and arm burns wept. Also, a big black car came to the end of our street approximately on every half hour. I am sure that they were making sure that we did not abscond with the U235. Dad always told me that he was never released from the doctor that was treating him. We have obtained some medical records through the government, but nothing mentioning that he had been treated for radiation poisoning
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12-3
| Name:
Previti, Marte |
Table | Location: ALSOS Missions - European Theatre Assigned Unit: Counter-Intelligence Detachment Job/Position: Agent: Search for Germany's Atomic Scientists and Materials Dates of Service (if Known): 1/1945 to 10/1945 Information Submitted By: Marte Previti Archival Record #: DC-MO-PREM-0103 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
IN CIVILIAN LIFE I WAS A CHEMICAL ENGINEER. IN 1943 I WAS
EMPLOYED AS A SENIOR ECONOMIC ANALYST IN THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN SANTIAGO,
CHILE. I RESIGNED TO RETURN TO NEW YORK AND VOLUNTEER FOR SERVICE IN THE
U.S. ARMY. I WAS TRAINED AS A SPECIAL AGENT OF THE U. S. ARMY
COUNTER INTELLIGENCE CORPS AT CAMP RITCHIE, MD. AFTER GRADUATION I WAS
ATTACHED TO THE ALSOS MISSION IN GERMANY AS A MEMBER OF THEIR CIC
DETACHMENT. OUR MISSION WAS TO CAPTURE HITLER'S SCIENTISTS WORKING ON A
RESEARCH PROGRAM TO PRODUCE AN ATOMIC BOMB. WE SUCCEEDED IN DISCOVERING
THAT THE U.S. WAS FAR AHEAD OF THEM WITH OUR MANHATTAN PROJECT. I WAS ALSO ASSIGNED A SECRET MISSION TO FIND AND EVACUATE THE WIFE AND CHILD OF A GERMAN SCIENTIST WHO HAD AGREED TO COME TO THE U.S. AFTER THE WAR. THEY WERE LIVING WITHIN THE RUSSIAN ZONE OF OCCUPATION AND COULD BE PRESSURED TO FORCE THE PROFESSOR TO WORK FOR THE RUSSIANS. I FOUND THEM AND BROUGHT THEM BACK THROUGH THE LINES TO BE REUNITED WITH THE PROFESSOR. FOR THIS I RECEIVED A COMMENDATION FROM THE COMMANDER OF ALSOS AND WAS AWARDED THE BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL BY THE KING OF ENGLAND.
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12-4
| Name:
Peterson, Kenneth C. |
Table | Location: 509th Composite Group Assigned Unit: 390th Air Service Group Job/Position: Communications / Cryptography Dates of Service (if Known): 9/44 to 11/45 Information Submitted By: Kenneth C. Peterson Archival Record #: CG-MO-PETK-0103 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Contribution to Project: cryptography Most Interesting Experience: "message from Enola Gay stating mission success, bomb worked as expected, would be home for xmas!" Most Interesting Tidbit: "whole group had dysentery after leaving Wendover" Biography: After cryptography school was recruited for project, then was sent to Tinian Island...arrival 30th May, 1945. Was assigned to HQ 509th Comp. Grp, 390th Air Service Group until after both bombs dropped. Responsible for top-secret communications. Now retired and living in Minominee MI. 49858 |
12-5
| Name:
Tice, Mildred E. |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Women's Army Corps Job/Position: Secretary - Documents Room Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Mark Harris, Grandson Archival Record #: LA-MO-TICM-0103 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Mildred married Sylvester H. Stinnett (Pvt. MP detachment) Favorite Story: When Mildred was working in the documents room, Oppenheimer asked for a document. Mildred checked the document classification and informed Oppenheimer that he was not cleared to see the document. Oppenheimer was dumbfounded, he wrote it. Biography: Born April 25, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York. Died Jan. 11, 2003 in Salem, Oregon. Married Sylvester "Jack" Stinnett at Los Alamos. Later was a US Commissioner at Farmington, NM. Loved to travel. |
12-6
| Name:
Bunnell, William C. |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Military Police Job/Position: Security Guard Dates of Service (if Known): 12/46 to 2/48 Information Submitted By: William Bunnell Archival Record #: LA-SG-BUNW-0203 | Picture 1 | Picture 2 | Picture 3 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
After service, I graduated from Univ of Cincinnati and worked as an
engineer on General Electric Jet Engines from 1953 to 1968, Worked at Rohr
Inc as an engineer on aircraft programs, from 1968 to 1993. Active for 40
years as a Boy Scout leader and have visited Los Alamos several times to
and from Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimmaron, NM. Currently living in Lakeside
CA (near San Diego)
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12-7
| Name:
Cordoba, Catherine S. |
Table | Location: Houdaille Hershey Co.; Decatur, IL Assigned Unit: Plating Dept. Job/Position: Night Shift Dates of Service (if Known): 6/45 to 8/45 Information Submitted By: Catherine S. Cordoba Archival Record #: CP-CO-CORC-0203 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Document 2 | Story 1 | |
I was a college student at the University of Illinois, and I worked the summer
of '45 at the super secret Houdaille Hershey plant in Decatur, Illinois on the
night shift in the plating department. A lot of women and very young people
worked there. It was hard physical work done in intense heat. Our department was
directly on a railroad siding, and the large metal plates we worked on were
loaded onto railroad cars there and sent elsewhere. I've always supposed they
went to Oak Ridge. My younger brother, who was in high school, worked in the
maintenance department. My sister, two years older, also worked there. However,
because we observed strict secrecy with one another (and everyone was extremely
patriotic during the war), we never discussed what each of us did; and I never
learned what department she worked in or what she did.
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12-8
| Name:
Bartlett, Albert L. |
Table | Location: 509th Composite Group Assigned Unit: 393rd Bomber Squadron Job/Position: Armorer 911 Dates of Service (if Known): 1944 to 1945 Information Submitted By: Esther M. Bartlett, Wife Archival Record #: CG-MO-BARA-0303 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Albert Bartlett was a staff sergeant and an armorer with the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was responsible for maintaining, loading, unloading armaments from the B-29's. If anyone remembers Albert Bartlett, please contact us via feedback. |
12-9
| Name:
Perry, Hallie N. |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Watson-Flagg Engineering, Stone & Webster Engineering & Roane-Anderson Job/Position: Construction Electrician / Lineman Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 to 1945 Information Submitted By: Scott L. Perry, Grandson Archival Record #: OR-CO-PERH-0303
Picture 1 |
Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Hallie Nolen Perry was born April 9, 1909. He was a
construction electrician and a member of the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers. His involvement with the Manhattan Project was in that
line of work. He began at Oak Ridge in mid-1943, working mostly in the
construction phase of X-10 and Y-12 as well as K-25. He was employed by
various civilian contractors, including Watson-Flagg Engineering and Stone
& Webster Engineering. He later worked as a Fire Alarm Technician with
Roane-Anderson Company. Security at OR being what is was, everyone, of
course, had to wear a color-coded ID badge. His badge was one commonly
referred to as a "rainbow" badge, meaning that he was authorized to enter
any facility on the reservation. He stayed on at OR after the war, where
he settled with his wife Gwendolyn Mundy Perry and son Richard Spence
Perry. He resided at Oak Ridge until his death in 1964. He was mostly involved in the construction phase of all three plants; worked as a journeyman lineman with various civilian contractors, and was a member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 760. |
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Location: Assigned Unit: Job/Position: Dates of Service (if Known): Information Submitted By: Archival Record #: Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
12-11
| Name:
Young-Krollman, Miriam |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Women's Army Corps Job/Position: Radioactivity Measure Dates of Service (if Known): 4/45 to 8/46 Information Submitted By: Marla L. Reedy, Friend Archival Record #: LA-MO-YOUM-0403 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
mp-experience - measuring samples of radioactive material, post dropping
of bomb in japan. mp-stories - my unit was prepared in advance when the bomb was to be dropped and the war was to end. biography - Miriam Young Krollman is currently living in Bethlehem, Pa and has lived in this town since 1946. Worked with Bethlehem Steel and Western Electric. Retired in 1983 with Keystone Bank. She will be 82 years of age in August this year. The interest in locating this web site was due to information she has kept regarding the Project. |
12-12
| Name: Henrich,
Charles E. |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Military Police Job/Position: Security / Tech Sgt. Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Dea S. Henrich, Daughter Archival Record #: LA-MP-HENC-0403 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
I just wanted to note that according to my father's papers, he was a tech
sergeant, not a private. I am not sure if he was promoted after he arrived
or not. My father was proud of his service, and he spoke fondly of his
time in New Mexico. He remembered the assignment as being easy compared to
many of the assignments in the European or Pacific theater.
He died of cancer in 1981. |
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