Harold Hoover was a member of the Special Engineer Detachment during the Manhattan Project. He worked as a filter foreman at the Y-12 Plant, but his real job was in counterintelligence, to ensure no sabotage occurred.
Harold E. Hoover
Chemical EngineerY-12 Plant
Oak Ridge, TN
EngineerManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment
Listen to Harold E. Hoover’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project