National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
William P. Jesse was a research associate at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.
John J. Kroes served in the 1st Ordnance Squadron.
G. Williams worked for the Comstock-Bryant Electric Company.
Gus Essig began working on the Manhattan Project in May, 1946 in Dayton, Ohio. Essig was selected to work in the highly classified initiator program and spent several months at Los Alamos learning how to design and construct initiators.
