Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Michael Depner

Staff SergeantTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
North Airfield at Tinian Island.

Michael Depner served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. 

Related Profiles

Jack Hefner

Tinian Island

Jack Hefner joined the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge in 1943. Hefner was a reactor engineer and helped supervise the construction of the X-10 Graphite Reactor.

P. L. Kirk

Research & Development/300 Area

Kirk worked in the 300 Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

Willis A. Adcock

X-10 Graphite Reactor

Helen E. Krinek

Chicago, IL

Helen E. Krinek was a research assistant in the Health Division of the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.