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Mary Lou Curtis

Dayton, OH

Mary Lou Curtis joined the Manhattan Project in Dayton, Ohio in 1943. Mrs. Curtis worked in the Counting Room at Monsanto’s Unit III facility, where she developed new methods to measure and analyze radioactive materials, such as polonium, which was used as the trigger for the atomic bombs.

John B. Scott

Tinian Island

John B. Scott served in the 603rd Air Engineering Squadron.

William M. Jacob

Los Alamos, NM

William Jacob was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

William R. Merkle

Tinian Island

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