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VETERAN ARCHIVE INFORMATION FORM

Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association

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Thank you for providing the following information about the Manhattan Project Veteran that you are submitting for inclusion in our "Veteran Archives" section of our national web site.

As you know, our mission is to memorialize the efforts of all those who participated in the Manhattan Project, regardless of the role they played and the location that they were assigned to.

Please complete as much of the submission form as you can. The questions shown in red are required fields; all others are optional.

At the bottom of this form is where you actually enter the biographical information about the veteran in the format that you would like to see it displayed. If you wish, you may optionally e-mail it to us as a Microsoft Word Document attachment.

When completed, click on the submit button at the bottom of this page.

Thank you for participating!

Mrs. Bernice C. Vickio, RN

Los Alamos, NM; June 1944 to April 1946

Please provide the following information about the Manhattan Project Veteran:

First Name

Last Name

Middle Initial

E-mail
Enter your home town city below: (optional)
Enter your home town state in the space provided below: (optional)
Please indicate which category best describes your participation: (If unsure, click "Don't Know" and provide as much information as you can in the "comments" section below)

Military - Police (Security)
Military - Special Engineering Detachment
Military - Other (PED, WAC, Medical)
Civilian - Scientist/Engineer
Civilian - Other (Incl. Nurses, Secretaries, etc.)
Don't Know
Which location did the veteran work at? If you worked somewhere other than those locations shown below, please select "Other" and indicate your location in the "comments" section below.

Los Alamos, NM
Oak Ridge, TN
Hanford, WA
University of Chicago
University of California - Berkeley
Columbia University
Cornell University
Harvard University
509 Composite Group
Washington, DC
Du Pont
Westinghouse
Other

Questions #6 to #9 apply only to Manhattan Project veterans who were in the military.
If you were Military, you were a member of which branch?
Not Applicable
Army
Navy
Marines
If you were Military, what was your primary assignment?

Not Applicable
Medical
Military Police
Air Corp.
WAC
Admin
Enter your primary military unit that you were assigned to during your stay with the Manhattan Project in the space below.
Enter your ending military rank in the space provided below.
What were your primary responsibilities during your assignment with the Manhattan Project?
If you were Miltary - SED, what was your area of study when you were recruited for the Manhattan Project:

Not Applicable
Physicist
Chemist
Chemical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Other
Don't Know
If you were Military - SED, what was your area of specialty while working at the Manhattan Project?
If you were a Civilian Scientist/Engineer, what was your area of study when first assigned to the Manhattan Project:
If you were a Civilian Scientist/Engineer, what was your specialty while working on the Manhattan Project?
If you were a civilian and not associated with the scientific community (ie., physicist or engineer), what role did you play in the Manhattan Project? Possible answers here would be Nurse, Secretary, Machinist, etc.:
When did you first begin work on the Manhattan Project?

-- mm/dd/yy
When did you leave the Manhattan Project?

-- mm/dd/yy
While working on the Manhattan Project, what was your most notable contribution?
While working on the Manhattan Project, what was the most interesting experience that you had?
Please list any other comments that you feel necessary; include here any "funny" or interesting stories that happened while you were with the Manhattan Project:

Questions #21 and #22 are for a poll that we are conducting. Individual answers to these questions will not be retained nor will they be revealed to anyone. Please answer them as honestly as possible. If the Manhattan Project Veteran is deceased, please try to answer as you think they would have.
After 55 years of hindsight, what is your feelings about the role that you played in the development of the atomic bomb:

Very Proud
Somewhat Proud
Neither Here nor There
Uncomfortable
I Wish It Never Happened
Don't Know
Given all the difficulties that you experienced while associated with the Manhattan Project... and, given similar circumstances that existed in 1942, if given the opportunity, would you do it again?

Absolutely
Probably
No Way
Don't Know

The following information is about the person who is primarily responsible for submitting this form. If there are several family members that wish to go on record as memorializing this Manhattan Project Veteran, please include additional names and relationships in the "comments" section above.
Submitter:

First Name

Last Name

Middle Initial

Organization

E-mail
What is your relationship to the Manhattan Project veteran outlined above?

Self
Wife
Husband
Son
Daughter
Grandson
Granddaughter
Brother
Sister
Friend
Other

The Manhattan Project Veteran's Archives

The following information forms the basis for the actual content of the Veteran Archives page:

25. Please enter a short biography (about 100 words) about the veteran being submitted. This biography will appear on the Veteran's Archive Web Page, so type it as you want it to look. (Note: If you wish to send us the biographical sketch as a Microsoft Word Document attachment to your e-mail, you may skip this question.)

"Profiles in Secrecy"

VETERAN ARCHIVE INFORMATION FORM

Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association

At the bottom of this form is where you actually enter the biographical information about the veteran in the format that you would like to see it displayed. If you wish, you may optionally e-mail it to us as a Microsoft Word Document attachment.

Please provide the following information about the Manhattan Project Veteran:

Enter your home town city below: (optional)

Enter your home town state in the space provided below: (optional)

Please indicate which category best describes your participation: (If unsure, click "Don't Know" and provide as much information as you can in the "comments" section below)

Which location did the veteran work at? If you worked somewhere other than those locations shown below, please select "Other" and indicate your location in the "comments" section below.

If you were Military, you were a member of which branch?

If you were Military, what was your primary assignment?

Enter your primary military unit that you were assigned to during your stay with the Manhattan Project in the space below.

Enter your ending military rank in the space provided below.

What were your primary responsibilities during your assignment with the Manhattan Project?

If you were Miltary - SED, what was your area of study when you were recruited for the Manhattan Project:

If you were Military - SED, what was your area of specialty while working at the Manhattan Project?

If you were a Civilian Scientist/Engineer, what was your area of study when first assigned to the Manhattan Project:

If you were a Civilian Scientist/Engineer, what was your specialty while working on the Manhattan Project?

If you were a civilian and not associated with the scientific community (ie., physicist or engineer), what role did you play in the Manhattan Project? Possible answers here would be Nurse, Secretary, Machinist, etc.:

When did you first begin work on the Manhattan Project?

When did you leave the Manhattan Project?

While working on the Manhattan Project, what was your most notable contribution?

While working on the Manhattan Project, what was the most interesting experience that you had?

Please list any other comments that you feel necessary; include here any "funny" or interesting stories that happened while you were with the Manhattan Project:

After 55 years of hindsight, what is your feelings about the role that you played in the development of the atomic bomb:

Given all the difficulties that you experienced while associated with the Manhattan Project... and, given similar circumstances that existed in 1942, if given the opportunity, would you do it again?

Submitter:

What is your relationship to the Manhattan Project veteran outlined above?

The Manhattan Project Veteran's Archives

Copyright © 2000 The Society for the Historical Preservation of the Manhattan Project; all rights reserved.
Revised: July 29, 2005

First Name
Last Name
Middle Initial
E-mail

First Name
Last Name
Middle Initial
Organization
E-mail

"Profiles in Secrecy"

VETERAN ARCHIVE INFORMATION FORM

Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association

At the bottom of this form is where you actually enter the biographical information about the veteran in the format that you would like to see it displayed. If you wish, you may optionally e-mail it to us as a Microsoft Word Document attachment.

Please provide the following information about the Manhattan Project Veteran:

Enter your home town city below: (optional)

Enter your home town state in the space provided below: (optional)

Please indicate which category best describes your participation: (If unsure, click "Don't Know" and provide as much information as you can in the "comments" section below)

Which location did the veteran work at? If you worked somewhere other than those locations shown below, please select "Other" and indicate your location in the "comments" section below.

If you were Military, you were a member of which branch?

If you were Military, what was your primary assignment?

Enter your primary military unit that you were assigned to during your stay with the Manhattan Project in the space below.

Enter your ending military rank in the space provided below.

What were your primary responsibilities during your assignment with the Manhattan Project?

If you were Miltary - SED, what was your area of study when you were recruited for the Manhattan Project:

If you were Military - SED, what was your area of specialty while working at the Manhattan Project?

If you were a Civilian Scientist/Engineer, what was your area of study when first assigned to the Manhattan Project:

If you were a Civilian Scientist/Engineer, what was your specialty while working on the Manhattan Project?

If you were a civilian and not associated with the scientific community (ie., physicist or engineer), what role did you play in the Manhattan Project? Possible answers here would be Nurse, Secretary, Machinist, etc.:

When did you first begin work on the Manhattan Project?

When did you leave the Manhattan Project?

While working on the Manhattan Project, what was your most notable contribution?

While working on the Manhattan Project, what was the most interesting experience that you had?

Please list any other comments that you feel necessary; include here any "funny" or interesting stories that happened while you were with the Manhattan Project:

After 55 years of hindsight, what is your feelings about the role that you played in the development of the atomic bomb:

Given all the difficulties that you experienced while associated with the Manhattan Project... and, given similar circumstances that existed in 1942, if given the opportunity, would you do it again?

Submitter:

What is your relationship to the Manhattan Project veteran outlined above?

The Manhattan Project Veteran's Archives

Copyright © 2000 The Society for the Historical Preservation of the Manhattan Project; all rights reserved. Revised: July 29, 2005

Copyright © 2000 The Society for the Historical Preservation of the Manhattan Project; all rights reserved.
Revised: July 29, 2005