National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Jacob Beser served as a 1st lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron’s Radar Section. He was the radar specialist aboard the Enola Gay bombing mission to Hiroshima and on Bockscar during the Nagasaki mission.
Walter Schlessel served in the 320th Troop Carrier Squadron.
During WWII, Dr. Arthur Sucsy worked as a chemist on the Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge, TN. Dr. Sucsy worked with a team of scientists responsible for examining the physical and chemical properties of uranium.
Gerhart Friedlander (1916-2009) was a German-American nuclear chemist. Friedlander was born in Munich on July 28, 1916.
