Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Melvin Bengston

Security GuardChicago, IL

Manhattan Project Veteran
Chicago Pile-1

Melvin Bengston was a security guard at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

Related Profiles

P. L. Garinger, Jr.

Tinian Island

P. L. Garinger, Jr. served in the 390th Air Service Group. 

Stanley Crouse, Jr.

Tinian Island

Stanley Crouse, Jr. served in the 509th Headquarters and Base Services Squadron. 

N. B. Newcomb

K-25 Plant

N. B. Newcomb worked for the Kellex Corporation at the K-25 Plant.

J. E. English

Hanford, WA