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

Alfred A. Lewandowski

Tinian Island

Alfred A. Lewandowski served as a staff sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the regularly assigned tail gunner for the Big Stink, and he and his crew were later reassigned to Luke the Spook.

Julian E. Mack

Los Alamos, NM

Julian Mack was an American physicist. Mack was the leader of Group G-11 (Optics), the photography group, in the Weapons Physics Division at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

Edward Quinn

K-25 Plant

Attended the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

F. B. Wheeler

Y-12 Plant

F. B. Wheeler worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.