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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17-1
| Name: Liebert,
L. Stanley |
Table | Location: Columbia University Assigned Unit: SAM Lab Job/Position: Machinist Dates of Service (if Known): 1944 - 1945 Information Submitted By: Lori S. Liebert, Daughter Archival Record #: UP-CO-LIES-1004 | Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Little is known about Mr. Liebert's full duties at Columbia. It is known that he worked on some type of a switching mechanism. According to his daughter Lori, "My dad always made two of every project he worked on. He never talked of his work on the Project". |
17-2
| Name:
Mahorney, Horace E. |
Table | Location: U. C. Berkeley; Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Y-12 Plant Job/Position: Operation of Mass Spectrograph; Chemical Engineer Dates of Service (if Known): 9/43 to 11/45 Information Submitted By: Mark E. Mahorney, Son Archival Record #: OR-CS-MAHH-1004 | Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
I was sent to the radiation laboratory @ Berkley to help compose the
operational guide for start up for building 2 at Y-12. After this
assignment I was attached to a process improvement group with Dr. Oliver
Loud. I was working at the radiation laboratory writing operational procedures for building 2. Most of us had a security clearance of III this information was secret and we could not see it any more. When we got back to Oak Ridge our security was level was raised from III to IV and we could then see what we had written. |
17-3
| Name:
Coveyou, Robert R. |
Table | Location: U. of Chicago Met Lab & Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: X-10 Facility Job/Position: Mathematician & Health Physics Dates of Service (if Known): 11/1/43 to Information Submitted By: Michael R. Coveyou, Son Archival Record #: OR-CS-COVR-1004 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Robert Coveyou was born in Petoskey, Michigan in 1915 and moved to Detroit
at the age of 2. His father worked in the foundry at Ford. Robert graduated from Cooley High School in Detroit and was a scholarship student at the University of Chicago in the fall of 1933. After two years there, he returned to Detroit. Very early in WW II, he was a radio instructor for military recruits in St. Louis. He was recruited for the Manhattan Project, where he was one of the original group of health physicists under K.Z. Morgan.
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17-4
| Name: Myerson,
Albert L.
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Table | Location: Columbia University Assigned Unit: SAM Lab Job/Position: Chemist; Research Assistant Dates of Service (if Known): 1942 - 1945 Information Submitted By: Paul A. Myerson, Son Archival Record #: UP-CS-MYEA-1004 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Dr. Albert L. Myerson passed away March 31st, 2004. He had a long and
illustrious career. He received his undergraduate degree in Physical
Chemistry from Penn State University in 1941 and his PhD in Physical
Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 1948. He was world
renowned in his area of specialty (combustion research), and contributed
greatly to our country during its times of need (the Manhattan Project
during World War II, Inter- Continental Ballistic Missile research at GE
and Cornell during the Cold War, air pollution research at Exxon in the
1970’s) and has helped to improve his community wherever he has lived
(community orchestra member in NY and NJ, volunteer at Mote Marine
Laboratory in Florida, etc).
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17-5
| Name:
Nazarowski, Anthony S. |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Military Police Job/Position: Project Security Dates of Service (if Known): 1944 - Information Submitted By: Antoinette D. Wolfard, Daughter Archival Record #: LA-MP-NAZA-1004 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Anthony Nazarowski passed away, but his memory lives on through his
children, three sons and a daughter. He was a very disciplined,
well-read, hard working individual. He stressed the importance of always
doing your best and striving for excellence. Of all the things I remember the most was his motto in life..."Always have a dream. It's not as important that you attain everything you dream or hope for. It's more important to have that dream so you continue to work hard to achieve it." |
17-6
| Name:
Levy, Arthur |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Special Engineer Detachment Job/Position: Chemist Dates of Service (if Known): 4/44 to 7/46 Information Submitted By: Himself Archival Record #: LA-SD-LEVA-1004 | Picture 1 | Picture 2 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
1946-1948 University of Minnesota, MS. physical chemistry; 1948-1949 NACA
, Cleveland, Ohio; 1949-1951 Brookhaven National Laboratory; 1951-1985
Battelle Memorial Institute Section manager and senior research leader.
Primary focus was in combustion kinetics and photochemical smog/air
pollution chemistry. 100 papers, 3 patents; 1985-2004 Consulting, mostly
for Ohio Coal Development Office, Columbus, Ohio; 1949 married Rita V.
Huch, 4 children, 11 grandchildren - Mr. Levy's responsibilities with
the Manhattan Project involved developing high explosive casting
procedures for the Fat Man plutonium bomb at S Site.
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17-7
| Name:
Evans, Woodrow F. |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Y-12 Plant (Civilian) Job/Position: Service Mechanic - Alpha 2; Service Mechanic Group Leader - Alpha 5 Dates of Service (if Known): 3/44 to 10/45 Information Submitted By: Ronald P. Evans, Son Archival Record #: OR-CO-EVAW-1004 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Document 2 | Story 1 | |
Biography Pending |
17-8
| Name:
Royster, George W. |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: X-10 Facility (Civilian) Job/Position: Physicist (Health) Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: John M. Royster Archival Record #: OR-CS-ROYG-1004 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Biography Pending |
17-9
| Name:
Johnson, Dale F. |
Table | Location: Operation Crossroads - Bikini Atoll Assigned Unit: U. S. Navy Task Group 1.6.15 Job/Position: LCDR - Drone Boats Dates of Service (if Known): 6/46 to 8/46 Information Submitted By: Self Archival Record #: OC-MO-JOHD-1004 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
responsibilities: EX OF THE AIRBORNE UNIT OPERATING DRONE BOATS ANCHORED IN THE BIKINI LAGOON TO SAMPLE RADIATION AND CONTAMINATION AFTER EACH ABLE AND BAKER BOMB TESTS. specialty: TORPEDO PILOT FLYING OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER "SAIDOR" COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN STORES. DIRECTING THE DRONE BOATS BY RADIO IN THE LAGOON SAMPLING FOR RADIO ACTIVITY
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17-10
| Name:
Crichfield, Charles E. |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Unknown (Probably Y-12) Job/Position: Electrician Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 - 9/45 Information Submitted By: Virginia C. Hall; Daughter Archival Record #: OR-CO-CRIC-1004 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
One of many electricians, including a brother and father, who worked on
what they called the "Baby buggy plant." (or something like that.) The 3
Crichfield's were supposedly the electrical shake-down crew for that
plant. They left Oak Ridge in Sept. 1945. (I was born in Harriman in
April '45.)
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17-11
| Name:
Snodgrass, James B. |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Military Police - Mounted Job/Position: Site Security Dates of Service (if Known): 3/44 to 8/46 Information Submitted By: Mike Snodgrass, Son Archival Record #: LA-MP-SNOJ-1104 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Biography Pending |
17-12
| Name: Armitage,
Russell H. |
Table | Location: Kellex Corp. Assigned Unit: Unknown Job/Position: Textile Expert Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Jeffrey A. Armitage, Grandson Archival Record #: CP-CO-ARMR-1104 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
This was my Grandfather. He was a Textile Expert in the employment of The
United States Testing Company OR The Kellex Corporation at the time.
When he Passed away. We found a document that certified his work on The
Atomic Bomb Manhattan District. I do not know anymore than that. |
