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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19-1
| Name: Johnson,
Delbert F.
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Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: Special Engineer Detachment Job/Position: Mechanical Engineer Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Michael R. Johnson; Son Archival Record #: LA-SD-JOHD-0105 | Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
responsibilities:
WORKING UNDER 1ST LIEUTENANT, HOWARD C. BUSH
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19-2
| Name:
Willox, Frank A. |
Table | Location: Hanford, WA Assigned Unit: Operations Job/Position: Machinist/Mechanic Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 to 1970 Information Submitted By: Mercedes Loiseau; Daughter Archival Record #: HA-CO-WILF-0105 | Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Frank came out from Colorado in late 1943 or early 1944 to work at Hanford, WA. He had to wait for his house to be completed before sending for my mother and sister. He married Marguerite Thompson from Missouri and had three children: Judith Ann, Mercedes Carolyn, and John Frances. He stayed on the job (through all the company and/or name changes) until he retired due to illness in 1969 or 1970. He died of cancer in 1971 at the age of 61. |
19-3
| Name:
Jensen, James A. |
Table | Location: Hanford, WA Assigned Unit: Operations Job/Position: Machinist Dates of Service (if Known): 9/44 to ?? Information Submitted By: James R. Jensen; Son Archival Record #: HA-CO-JENJ-0105 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Born 1918 in Utah, left home during depression, rode the rails for a
year, took crash course in SLC, UT to become machinist/welder. Worked
in Hanford project for less than a year and then went to Honolulu to
work in reconstruction for 2 1/2 years. Later became paleontologist
known to the world as "Dinosaur Jim". He linger a year after a stroke
and passed away in Dec. 1998.
Dad was a machinist with security clearance that allowed him to
machine parts of one of the nuclear piles. Had to pass through
several security guards, placed in locked room alone with sealed
blueprints and sealed stock. Had own tools, used lathe in room to
turn stock to specs, swept up metal chips, sealed them and finished
product, re-sealed print, and, exited through another door.
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19-4
| Name:
Miller, Clifford L. |
Table | Location: Los Alamos, NM Assigned Unit: S.E.D. Job/Position: Chemist Dates of Service (if Known): 11/44 to 12/50 Information Submitted By: Shirley G. Miller, Wife Archival Record #: LA-SD-MILC-0205 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
I was born and raised on a farm in Alberta Canada. When I was young
my family moved to Missouri. I attended Central Missouri University
with a major in Chemistry and minor in Biological Sciences. When I
graduated I worked for Thompson Hayward Chemical Company for all of
three months before I was drafted into the army. I did my basic
training in Atlantic City and Reno, Nevada. After completing my
training, I was assigned to ASTP in Salt Lake and subsequently went
to VPI in Blacksburg, Virginia.
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19-5
| Name:
McNamara, William T. |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Unknown Job/Position: Unknown Dates of Service (if Known): 1942 to 1946 Information Submitted By: Mary R. McNamara Archival Record #: OR-CS-MCNW-0205 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
William Thomas McNamara was born in Roane County,
Tennessee, in September, 1890. He joined the Army in 1910 and spent
pre-World War I years in Texas in the Mexican Border Patrol. During
World War I, he was in Europe. After World War I, Tom was
stationed in Massachusetts, where he met his wife, Mildred Catherine
Wilton. Tom worked for the Charlestown Navy Shipyard in Boston
before accepting a job in Oak Ridge in 1942. He and Millie moved to
Knoxville with their sons, Bill and Fred. Tom died in June,
1955, of cancer...probably a result of unmonitored radiation
exposure. Millie followed shortly after in May, 1956 -- also of
cancer probably from the same source. Their son, Fred, went to
work at Y-12 in the early 1950's. He was exposed to a tremendous
amount of toxicity and retired on medical disability at the young
age of 42.
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19-6
| Name: McNamara,
Mildred C. |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Unknown Job/Position: Secretary Dates of Service (if Known): 1942 to 1946 Information Submitted By: Mary R. McNamara Archival Record #: OR-CO-MCNM-0205 | Picture 1 | Picture 2 | Picture 3 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Mildred Catherine Wilton was born in Somerville,
Massachusetts, in August, 1895, the daughter of William and
Catherine (Barfield) Wilton. After World War I, Mildred met
her husband, William Thomas "Tom" McNamara, while he was stationed
in Massachusetts. Tom worked for the Charlestown Navy Shipyard in
Boston before accepting a job in Oak Ridge in 1942. He and Millie
moved to Knoxville with their sons, Bill and Fred. Tom died in
June, 1955, of cancer...probably a result of unmonitored radiation
exposure. Millie followed shortly after in May, 1956 -- also of
cancer probably from the same source. Their son, Fred, went to
work at Y-12 in the early 1950's. He was exposed to a tremendous
amount of toxicity and retired on medical disability at the young
age of 42.
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19-7
| Name:
Guilfoyle, Thomas D. |
Table | Location: Met Lab; U. of Chicago Assigned Unit: Military Police Job/Position: Lt. - Counter Intelligence Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 to 1945 Information Submitted By: Thomas D. Guilfoyle, Son Archival Record #: ML-MO-GUIT-0205 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Document 2 | Story 1 | |
My dad was very proud of his service with the Manhattan Project, partly
because he had also attended the University of Chicago. The service
patch is embedded on his tombstone. thank you
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19-8
| Name:
Lindey, Leonard F. |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Military Police Det. #1 Job/Position: Site Security Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Self Archival Record #: MP-MO-LINL-0205 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Perimeter security,we checked all the workers in and out of Oak
Ridge ,
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19-9
| Name:
Barton, James E. |
Table | Location: Hanford, WA Assigned Unit: Job/Position: Carpenter Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Betty E. Barton-Gaines, Daughter Archival Record #: HA-CO-BARJ-0205 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
MY FATHER WORKED AS A CARPENTER AT HANFORD. I HAVE A
CERTIFICATE DATED 6 AUGUST 1945 FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT ARMY SERVICE
FORCES, CORPS OF ENGINEERS. "THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT JAMES E.
BARTON.. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO INC." ITS SIGNED BY THE
SECRETARY OF WAR. I ALSO HAVE A SMALL GRAY PIN (ABOUT THE SIZE OF A
DIME) THAT HAS THE WORD " MANHATTAN PROJECT" ON IT. MY FATHER
PASSED AWAY IN AUGUST 1988 AT THE AGE OF 87. HE LIVED IN YAKIMA
WASHINGTON FROM 1942 UNTIL HIS PASSING. WHEN HE WORKED AT HANFORD HE
WOULD STAY THERE DURING THE WEEK AND COME HOME ON WEEKENDS. I
BELIEVE HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS WORKING ON THE ATOMIC BOMB
UNTIL AFTER THE JOB WAS COMPLETED
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19-10
| Name:
Klein, John R. |
Table | Location: Met Lab & Los Alamos Assigned Unit: S.E.D. Job/Position: Supply Sergeant Dates of Service (if Known): Unknown Information Submitted By: Self Archival Record #: LA-SD-KLEJ-0205 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
I was sent to Los Alamos when I was 16 years old at the request of
Enrico Fermi after working on the atomic pile in Chicago Ill. when I
became 18 I got permission to enlist in the army and was sent on a
train to Texas and returned the same day. I worked as a machinist
and was also at the Trinity Site on the evacuation detail 5 miles
from the blast. after that I rose in rank in 18 months to 5 strip
supply sergeant.
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19-11
| Name:
Dickson, Charles R. |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Y-12 Plant Job/Position: Office Dates of Service (if Known): 1943 to 1946 Information Submitted By: Margaret N. Dickson, Daughter Archival Record #: OR-CO-DICC-0205 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Charles Russell Dickson was born November 5, 1901 in Chattanooga, TN
and died December 25, 1954 in Abingdon, VA. He married Eva R Pirtle
March 28, 1923 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN. They had two children,
Charles Russell Dickson, Jr. and Margaret "Peggy" Nancy Dickson.
Charles Russell Dickson worked for Tennessee Eastman Corporation
from 1943 to 1946. His daughter attended Highland View School and
Jefferson Jr. High and his son, Charles Russell Dickson, Jr.
graduated from Oak Ridge High School. They lived at 109 Hoyt Lane
in Oak Ridge.
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19-12
| Name: Lockmiller,
Colleen (Frahm) |
Table | Location: Oak Ridge, TN Assigned Unit: Y-12 Plant Job/Position: Lab Technician Dates of Service (if Known): 1944 to 1947 Information Submitted By: Randal J. Lockmiller, Son Archival Record #: OR-CS-LOCC-0205 Picture 1 | Document 1 | Story 1 | |
Colleen Frahm (Lockmiller) came to Oak Ridge from Lynd, Minnesota at
the age of 18. She went to work for Tennessee Eastman as a chemical
analyst at y-12 working in the calsigning room making "yellow cake"
from 1944-47. She married James F. Lockmiller in 1947 and had four
children, Randal, Sarah, Jaime, and Anne. She and her family
spent their lives in and around the Oak Ridge area. During the later
part her life she suffered from breast cancer and eventually died of
lung cancer October 15,2002.She,in our opinion was a true hero of
the "Manhattan Project".
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