National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Mary Lou Curtis joined the Manhattan Project in Dayton, Ohio in 1943. Mrs. Curtis worked in the Counting Room at Monsanto’s Unit III facility, where she developed new methods to measure and analyze radioactive materials, such as polonium, which was used as the trigger for the atomic bombs.
E. J. Presser served in the 390th Air Service Group. After the war, Presser was assigned to the Japan Atomic Bomb Damage Survey teams.
Robert E. Benbrook served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.
