Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Forrest Waldrop

Project StaffY-12 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranProject Worker/Staff
The Alpha Racetrack at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennesee

Waldrop arrived at Oak Ridge in early 1944, directly after receiving his Army basic training. At Oak Ridge, he worked at the Y-12 plant during the Manhattan Project.

Related Profiles

Stewart Fox

Chicago, IL

Stewart Fox was a laboratory helper at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Benito Baca

Los Alamos, NM

Benito was a staff member at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

Evelyn J. Brown

Chicago, IL

Evelyn Brown was a laboratory assistant at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

Charles E. Swenson

Chicago, IL

Charles Swenson worked in the shop at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.