National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Jay Wechsler enlisted in the Army in 1943 and spent several months at Oak Ridge working as an Army construction engineer, In the winter of 1943, he was suddenly transferred to Los Alamos, where he began working directly with Otto Frisch.
Raymond Schwartz grew up in West Allis, WI. After graduating from high school, he worked as an apprentice machinist for Allis Chalmers Corporation, until enlisting in the Army in February 1943.
