George T. Fike

CorporalLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranProvisional Engineer Detachment

George Tom Fike was a corporal in charge of recreation at Los Alamos. As part of the Army Recreation Department, he also operated the radio station at Los Alamos with Bob Porton. After the war, he was the assistant city attorney in Phoenix in 1954. He died in 1991.

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