National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
August “Gus” Knuth was a millwright and carpenter who helped construct Chicago Pile-1. He was present on December 2, 1942 when the pile went critical in the first self-sustaining chain reaction in history.
Earl Painter served in the 320th Troop Carrier Squadron.
Robert Keen enlisted in the military on December 28, 1944 and began his training for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in January of 1945.
Ralph West was a military policeman at Los Alamos and was close friends with a fellow MP, Michael J. Vickio.
