Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Charles S. Ames

PrivateLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary PoliceMilitary Veteran
Front gate to the Los Alamos compound

Related Profiles

John D. Kuharek

Nagasaki Mission

John D. Kuharek served as a master sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was assigned to the Great Artiste as a flight engineer and flew in the mission to Hiroshima.

Helen Williams

Chicago, IL

Helen Williams was a stenographer and clerk at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Lab (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Nori Avakian

Los Alamos, NM

L. J. Boyette

B Reactor/100 Area

Boyette worked at the 100-B Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.