National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Jose E. Valdez was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.
Ellis Ryan was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.
George W. Marquardt served as a captain in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. Although he was regularly assigned to the Up An’ Atom, he flew in the mission to bomb Hiroshima as the aircraft commander of the Necessary Evil.
Joe Dykstra graduated from college in 1943 with a degree in chemistry. He went to Niagara Falls, where he worked for the Hooker Electrochemical Company, producing fluorine cells for Oak Ridge.
