National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Fred Vogel was an American chemical engineer who worked at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Vogel studied at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and later worked as Chief Engineer for the Cornell Machine Company and for the Centaur Machine Company.
William R. Compronio served as a corporal in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Some Punkins.
Sherman D. Kaplan was a laboratory helper at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.
