National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
William Augustus Bowland was born on July 22, 1913, at Pocomoke City, Maryland. He attended Strayer's Business College in Baltimore, Maryland, for three years.
Alfred Hanson (1914-2005) was an American physicist. Alfred Hanson came to the Manhattan Project from the University of Wisconsin where he had recently completed his doctoral work, studying the Van de Graaf “long tank” accelerator.
John Mendl was a member of the 1st Ordnance Squadron in the 509th Composite Group stationed on Tinian Island in the Pacific.