Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

O.R. Simpson

CourierHanford, WA

Manhattan Project Veteran
Hanford Listen to O.R. Simpson’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

O. R. "Big" Simpson was a second lieutenant in military intelligence in charge of convoys carrying plutonium from Hanford to Fort Douglas, Utah. Simpson, as a classified materials courier, frequently traveled in heavily armed convoys to Utah and Los Alamos by truck and plane. He retired in 1972 as deputy director of security at Hanford.

Related Profiles

Paul J. Franz

Tinian Island

Paul J. Franz served in the 1st Ordnance Squadron. 

Fred R. Bogle

Y-12 Plant

Fred Bogle worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

Robert Helton

Y-12 Plant

Robert Helton worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

Mortimer D. Abbott

Chicago, IL

Mortimer D. Abbott was a group leader in the Technical Division at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.