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

H. L. Eskew

B Reactor/100 Area

H. L. Eskew worked at the 100-F Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

Alexander D. Scott

Chicago, IL

Alexander Scott was a laboratory helper at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

Kenneth J. Garman

Tinian Island

Kenneth J. Garman served in the 1st Ordnance Squadron. 

William L. “Bud” Uanna

Oak Ridge, TN

William Lewis "Bud" Uanna played a critical role in maintaining security of the atomic bomb project.