National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
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.
Lyle B. Borst was an American physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project. Borst was born on November 24, 1912 in Chicago.
Edwin Kandel served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.
