National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
David Purdon served as a member of the 393rd Bombardment Squadron in the 509th Composite Group. He was the radio operator regularly assigned to the Laggin’ Dragon.
Eleanor Gish was a laboratory worker at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.
Howard Gest worked for Clinton Laboratories at the X-10 Reactor. Gest was one of the scientists who signed Leo Szilard’s petition against the use of the atomic bomb.
