Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Gordon Smith was a chemical engineer in the 9812th Technical Service Unit of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Special Engineer Detacment at the Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge. Initially, Smith worked as a motor-generator operator and later as a shift supervisor of an analytical control laboratory for analysis of materials. He was assigned to the Y-12 Electro-magnetic Separation Plant operated by the Tennessee Eastman Company after attending the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP).

Related Profiles

Samuel R. Wheeler

Tinian Island

Samuel R. Wheeler served as a sergeant in the 393 Bombardment Squadron. He was the assistant engineer regularly assigned to the B-29 Strange Cargo.

Gladys Owens

Y-12 Plant

Owens worked as a “Calutron Girl” at the Y-12 plant at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project.

Paul Stein

Los Alamos, NM

J. C. Clemens

Tinian Island

J. C. Clemens served in the 390th Air Service Group.