National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
John Tempka (1923-2017) was an American engineer. Tempka was born in Boydsville, Ohio. He was studying at the University of Detroit when he was recruited to join the U.
Cairnes worked at the 200 West Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.
R. N. Bandick served in the 390th Air Service Group.
Herbert York (1921-2009) was a part-Mohawk American physicist. After graduating with a master’s in physics from the University of Rochester in 1942, York went directly to work at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory connected with the Manhattan Project.
