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

H. Joseph Woodland

K-25 Plant

Attended Drexel University.

Paul McGuire

Oak Ridge, TN

McGuire worked for Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation.

A. L. Cronholm

B Reactor/100 Area

Cronholm worked at the 100-F Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. 

Clarence W. Satchell

X-10 Graphite Reactor

Clarence W. Satchell worked for Clinton Laboratories at the X-10 Reactor. He was born on November 13, 1906 in Crowley, LA.