National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Leonard Cheshire was born on September 7, 1917 in Chester, England. During World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force.
James B. Sullivan served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.
Walt Simon, a chemist, was Hanford’s first Operations Manager. Before joining the Manhattan Project, he was plant manager at Wabash River Ordnance Works, a DuPont plant near Terre Haute, Indiana.