National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Paul was a physicist at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.
John L. Downey served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the bombardier regularly assigned to the Laggin’ Dragon.
Pasquale C. Ruzzo served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.
John Brand joined the Manhattan Project in 1943 while working at the Ilion, N.Y. plant of Remington Arms, Co.
Colonel Franklin Matthias (1908 – 1993) was the officer-in-charge at the Hanford site. Matthias, a civil engineer, had been a close associate of General Groves since the beginning of the Manhattan Project, and was asked to review sites in the West.
