National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Thurl Sharrett worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.
Theron L. Blaisdell served as a private first class in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 The Great Artiste.
Ida Cunningham was a laboratory assistant in the Chemistry Division of the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.
When Colleen Black’s brother was drafted into the Army in 1942, she and her family decided to move to Oak Ridge to contribute to the war effort and bring her brother home.
