National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Victor Defender worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.
John Mendl was a member of the 1st Ordnance Squadron in the 509th Composite Group stationed on Tinian Island in the Pacific.
Willard Burgess worked for the Roane-Anderson Company.
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.
