National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
August “Gus” Knuth was a millwright and carpenter who helped construct Chicago Pile-1. He was present on December 2, 1942 when the pile went critical in the first self-sustaining chain reaction in history.
E. J. Coe worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.
William J. Van Buskirk was a machinist who worked at Los Alamos for over three decades. Van Buskirk started working at Los Alamos in 1943, a year after he graduated from high school.
B. H. Brown worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.
