National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Berlyn Brixner was hired into Los Alamos in July of 1943. He became a member of the Optical Engineering Group assembled by Professor Julian Ellis Mack to assist in providing optical and camera support for the various groups within the Manhattan Project.
Richard Ehrlich worked at Los Alamos in the Theoretical Physics Division, during the Manhattan Project.
Agnes Gnaedinger was a chemist at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.
Velva Irwin worked as a Calutron girl at the Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge, TN. She was only 16 when she began working on the Manhattan Project.
