Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Dr. M. R. Petersen

Project StaffHanford, WA

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Appears in the 1944 Hanford Telephone Directory as “Petersen” and the 1945 Directory as “Peterson”.

Related Profiles

Maurice D. Herbert

Tinian Island

Maurice D. Herbert served in the 1395th Military Police Company, Aviation.

R.P. Nelson

T-Plant/200 Areas

Nelson worked at the 200 West Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

H. S. Thompson

Hanford, WA

Peter Newport Bragg, Jr.

Philadelphia, PA

Peter Newport Bragg, Jr. served as a civilian engineer working for the U.S. Navy beginning in 1944. A brilliant chemical engineer, he volunteered for a dangerous assignment while employed by the U.