Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Gordon Knobeloch

ChemistLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranScientistSpecial Engineer Detachment
Listen to Gordon Knobeloch’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Gordon Knobeloch was drafted into the Army directly out of Washington University in St. Louis. He was deployed to Los Alamos. There, he worked on the RaLa experiments, which were critical for developing the implosion-style plutonium bomb.

Related Profiles

J. T. Holloway

Oak Ridge, TN

J. T. Holloway worked for the United States Engineer District Office.

Fred Bumpus

B Reactor/100 Area

Bumpus worked at the 100-B Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. 

H. Holt

Hanford, WA

Charles E. Mallon

K-25 Plant

Charles Mallon worked for the Kellex Corporation at the K-25 Plant.