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Henry Stimson

Washington, DC

As Secretary of War under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman, Henry L. Stimson (1867-1950) oversaw the entire Manhattan Project, and was responsible for appointing key project leaders and authorizing project construction sites across the US.

H. E. Buckminster

Y-12 Plant

H. E. Buckminster worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

B. J. Phillips

Los Alamos, NM

Edward L. Bankowski

Tinian Island

Edward Bankowski was a part of the 509th Composite Group stationed on Tinian Island in the Pacific. Specifically, Bankowski was an Aircraft Maintenance Chief with the 603rd Air Engineering Squadron from May to November 1945.