National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
H. B. Gilbert worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.
Howard A. Thompson served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Straight Flush.
William E. Brown served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.
Mary Lou Curtis joined the Manhattan Project in Dayton, Ohio in 1943. Mrs. Curtis worked in the Counting Room at Monsanto’s Unit III facility, where she developed new methods to measure and analyze radioactive materials, such as polonium, which was used as the trigger for the atomic bombs.
