National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Col. Berton H. Burns’ distinguished career with the Air Force began in the China, Burma, Indian theater with the 40th Bomb Group.
R. C. Knox worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.
Robert Ellingson arrived in Oak Ridge in June 1943. Shortly after Ellingson arrived, however, he was informed by his employer, Tennessee Eastman, that they already had too many chemists and chemical engineers.
