National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
E. E. Sterner worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.
August “Gus” Knuth was a millwright and carpenter who helped construct Chicago Pile-1. He was present on December 2, 1942 when the pile went critical in the first self-sustaining chain reaction in history.
Larkin C. Wood was born on April 2, 1909, in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. After graduating high school, he attended college at Montezuma College in Montezuma, New Mexico.
William E. Egger served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Necessary Evil.
William F. Lightfoot worked on the fuse of the “Fat Man” implosion bomb as manufacturing and test equipment manager for the Raytheon Company.
