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

C. R. Bergdahl

T-Plant/200 Areas

Bergdahl worked in the 200 West Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

Alexander Glon

Chicago, IL

Alexander Glon was a laborer at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Reuben Lackas

Los Alamos, NM

Mayer B. Herskowitz

K-25 Plant

Attended the City College of New York.