National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Marle Velde worked for the Kellex Corporation at the K-25 Plant.
Captain William Downey served as the Protestant chaplain for the 509th Composite Group and led the crew of the Enola Gay in prayer before they departed for Hiroshima.
Walker worked at the 100-F Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.
The following are excerpts from “Converging Lines,” a genealogy and family history book researched and written by Norma McKinney, as well as oral recollections from her in 2011 and Charles’ remembrances to his grandson in 1990 for an eighth grade report.
