National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Hope Sloan was 25 in 1944, a dark-haired WAC corporal and secretary in military intelligence. In July, she joined the construction camp's morale-building effort by entering a beauty contest, part of an "exposition "promoting safety on and off the job.
John Reese worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.
John E. Wirth worked for Clinton Laboratories at the X-10 Reactor.
