National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
William Stewart was an engineer in the Special Engineering Detachment at Los Alamos, New Mexico. Specifically, Stewart worked in “Project Trinity” under the leadership of George Kistiakowsky and Kenneth Bainbridge.
Lester E. Bowman served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.
H. L. Willey worked for the Edenfield Electric Company.
Gus Essig began working on the Manhattan Project in May, 1946 in Dayton, Ohio. Essig was selected to work in the highly classified initiator program and spent several months at Los Alamos learning how to design and construct initiators.
