National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Herbert M. Lehr was a member of the Special Engineer Detachment who worked at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.
Dorothy worked at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project as a “calutron girl.” After her brother was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, she was eager to join the war effort, and did so starting in 1944.
Allred worked as a chemical operator at the Y-12 plant at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project. While at Oak Ridge, she was nominated as a contestant in the “Miss Atomic Bomb” beauty pageant.
Sarah Dowson was married to nuclear chemist Rene Prestwood. She worked as a nurse at Los Alamos.
