National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Samuel Goudsmit (1902-1978) was a Dutch-American physicist. In May 1944, Goudsmit became scientific director of the Manhattan Project’s Alsos Mission, a top-secret operation responsible for gathering intelligence on Germany’s atomic program.
Thomas was a group adjutant with the 509th Composite Group at their headquarters in Wendover, Utah and Tinian Island in the Pacific.
Richard J. Podolsky served in the First Ordnance Squadron.