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
Archive Section
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| Name:
Cichy, Edward |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Civilian - Other Job/Position: Manager - Commissary Dates of Service (if Known): 1946 to 1952 Information Submitted By: Judy M. Simoneau, Daughter Archival Record #: LA-CO-CICE-0603 | Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Started out in the Military Commissary as Manager for handling the meat
department, ending with handling classified documents in communications.
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| Name:
Cichy, Antoinette J. |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Civilian - Other Job/Position: Nurse Dates of Service (if Known): 1946 to 1952 Information Submitted By: Judy M. Simoneau, Daughter Archival Record #: LA-CO-CICA-0603 | Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
responsibilities: Nurse in main infirmary and handling
classified documents and classified medical cases biography: She was a veteran Women's Army Corp Registered Nurse who served in the Philippines during WW II, where she received the Bronze Medal for bravery. She was invited to the Manhattan Project due to her Nursing skills and her top secret classification. She died at the age of 80 from cancer. She had four children, the first one born in Los Alamos has cerebral Palsy and mental retardation. The next two children were born there, includes me and my brother. The fourth was born elsewhere. |
14-3
| Name:
Yack, Victor R. |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM; Sandia Base at Albuquerque; and Salton Sea Assigned Unit: Military Police Job/Position: Security Dates of Service (if Known): 1946 to 1947 Information Submitted By: Victor Yack, Self Archival Record #: LA-MP-YACV-0603 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
biography: I SERVED ON THE MANHATTAN PROJECT FROM 1946 THRU1947 STATIONED AT LOS ALAMOS-SANDIA BASE AND THE SALTON SEA AS A MILITARY POLICEMAN. I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 53 YEARS - 3 CHILDREN AND 2 GRAND CHILDREN- OPERATED A SMALL CHAIN OF FLOWER SHOPS FOR PAST 50 YEARS. I AM NOW RETIRED PLAY GOLF AND ENJOY THE GRANDCHILDREN |
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| Name:
Rivers, Barthalomew (Bart) B. |
Table | Location: Hanford, WA Assigned Unit: Civilian - Other Job/Position: Instrument Technician Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 to 1964 Information Submitted By: David J. Rivers, Son Archival Record #: HA-CO-RIVB-0703 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
responsibilities: I wish I knew. Dad was an Instrument Technician. He, along with the other workers got on the bus and came home on the bus. Except for the story related below, he never divulged his work at Hanford. mp-experience: My dad was working with three other men when some sort of spill or leak occurred. He was holding a piece of masonite in front of him. The other three men died of radiation burns or poison. His legs were literally fried and until his death the chins looked almost like heavy leather armor. He only spoke of this incident just before he passed away in 1998.  |
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| Name:
Carroll, Frances M. |
Table | Location: Columbia University Assigned Unit: Gaseous Diffusion Job/Position: Operator/Supervisor Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 to 1945 Information Submitted By: Toney Allman, Daughter Archival Record #: CU-CS-CARF-0703 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Fran Carroll was born Jan. 28, 1916. She graduated from Bates College in
Maine in 1939. She was working on the Manhattan Project in New York when
she met William T. Allman, Jr. (SED Oakridge).
They married in Sept., 1945, and went to live in Oak Ridge. They lived in
various places throughout their marriage in Tennessee, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia. She was a homemaker and had 7
children. When her children were grown, she went to work as a group
counselor in a halfway house for boys. After retirement, she lived a full
and active life until she died in April, 2002.
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14-6
| Name:
Barrett, Bryant H. |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: A. S. Schulman Electric Company Job/Position: Electrician Dates of Service (if Known): 2/44 to 8/46 Information Submitted By: Jack R. Barrett, Son Archival Record #: OR-CO-BARB-0703 | Picture 1 | Picture 2 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Bryant was born Aug. 23, 1903 on a farm in Simms, TX, one of seven children. He attended Jacksonville Baptist Collage. He met his future wife Della Fay Pearman at the Baptist church. He worked as an ice delivery man, in a clothes cleaning shop, as a wall paper hanger and a lineman for the utility company. After completing a correspondence course in electrical engineering, he established an electrical contracting company. The scarcity of copper wire during the war forced a closure of his company and caused him to follow government jobs for employment. He followed jobs to Dallas, Waco, the Panama Canal Zone, Kansas City and Freeport, TX before moving to Kingston, TN where he lived while working at Oak Ridge. About half of the 1000 inhabitants of Kingston were Oak Ridge workers and their families. He and his family enjoyed the Tennessee River, visiting the Smoky Mountains and Lookout Mountain at Chattanooga.
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14-7
| Name:
Koch, Harold F. |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Unknown Job/Position: Electrical Engineer Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Justin White, Grandson Archival Record #: OR-CO-KOCH-0703 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Document 2 | Story 1 | |
Awaiting further biographical information. |
14-8
| Name:
Marrs, Dodson "Dot" |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Construction Job/Position: Carpentry & Concrete Work Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Clark Marrs; Grandson Archival Record #: OR-CO-MARD-0803 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
biography: My grandfather would tell me stories of his work at Oak Ridge. How back breaking and never ending the work was. He told me he didn't know what they were building until the bomb was dropped on Japan. He was very proud of his contribution to the war effort. He passed away on Labor Day 1979. He would be very proud of this site and its contributor's. |
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| Name:
Haag, Edith (Barwick) |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Military - WAC Job/Position: Clerk/Administrator Dates of Service (if Known): 7/44 to 11/46 Information Submitted By: William Haag; Son Archival Record #: LA-MO-HAAE-0803 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
responsibilities: Clerk/Administrator, Work in warehouse at first and later transferred to office in future AEC as contract specialist. |
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| Name:
Haag, William E. |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Military - SED Job/Position: Unknown Dates of Service (if Known): 8/45 to 1946 Information Submitted By: William Haag, Son Archival Record #: LA-MO-HAAW-0803 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Awaiting further biographical information. |
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| Name:
Arnold, Jane R. |
Table | Location: Met Lab - U. of Chicago Assigned Unit: Health Division Job/Position: Research Assistant Dates of Service (if Known): 1942 to 4/45 Information Submitted By: Henry Rossi III; Son Archival Record #: ML-CS-ARNJ-0803 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Responsibilities: Research Assistant, Health Division, Met Lab:
Small animal experiments studying the effects of radiation exposure to
establish safety guidelines. Biography: Jane Arnold graduated from Northwestern University in 1941 with a B.S. degree in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. She and Mary Dailey, another N.U. grad and close friend, started working together at the Joliet Ammunitions Facility as chemical assistants titrating various chemicals for processing.
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| Name: Galusha,
Howard J. |
Table | Location: Wendover, UT; Tinian Island Assigned Unit: 509th Composite Group - 393rd Bombardment Squadron Job/Position: Aircraft Maintenance Dates of Service (if Known): 1942 - 1945 Information Submitted By: James Galusha, Son Archival Record #: CG-MO-GALH-0803 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
When the
U.S. joined WWII on December 7, 1941, I was working for North American
Aviation at the Los Angeles Airport. I was in the instrument department
but I had always wanted to fly, so I enlisted in the Air force on the 6th
of May, 1942. I was called up for basic training at Buckley Field for Pre
Aviation cadets. I was chosen to be a pilot but something happened and it
didn’t work out, so I was sent to school to be an electrical specialist on
B-29’s. When that training was over my squad, the 393rd Heavy
Bombardment Squadron, was separated from the rest of the group. We were
sent to Wendover, Utah for training on a secret super bomb.
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