Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Michael J. Vickio

Military PoliceLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpouse to Manhattan Project Worker
Michael Vickio

Michael Vickio was a member of the Military Police at Los Alamos, working on post security and the complex’s motor pool. In March 1943, Vickio was drafted and went to Camp Drum, New York for basic training. Upon completion of basic training, he went to Fort Dix, New Jersey for training as a military policeman. He was transferred to Los Alamos in October 1943, and his wife, Bernice Vickio, followed in June 1944. The two worked at Los Alamos until March 1946 with Michael being discharged from the Army. Vickio passed away in 1979 after a long career with the United States Postal Service. 

 

 

Vickio and men from the Military Police Motor Pool

Michael Vickio and his wife in New Mexico

Vickio and his Motor Pool Men

Michael Vickio and Floyd Jesse

Michael Vickio 1946

Michael Vickio

Related Profiles

Raymond E. Allen

Tinian Island

Raymond E. Allen served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the commander regularly assigned first to Luke the Spook and later to Big Stink.

H. H. Wilson

Oak Ridge, TN

H. H. Wilson worked for the United States Engineer District Office.

Walt Grisham

Hanford, WA

Walt Grisham grew up on a farm at Hanford in the 1930s. He was serving in the Air Force in England during World War II when his parents were informed that they would need to leave the farm – the site was being requisitioned for the Manhattan Project.

Martin W. Murphy

Los Alamos, NM