National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Tony Leon Moore was born in Memphis, TN. He worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, NM, and received a commendation letter from J.
P. G. Elliott worked at the 200 West Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.
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.
