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

Margaret Formby

Los Alamos, NM

Dale D. Kvam

Tinian Island

Dale D. Kvam served in the 1st Ordnance Squadron.

Martin P. Warren

Los Alamos, NM

Martin Warren was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

E. G. Banwell

Research & Development/300 Area

Banwell worked at the 300 Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.