National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Merrill Garrett worked at the Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge, TN during the Manhattan Project. A high school football star, Garrett received an appointment to the United States Military Academy, but was forced to decline due to financial circumstances during the Great Depression.
Marvin Shelley worked for Clinton Laboratories at the X-10 Reactor.
Howard Lange was the Curator in the Chemistry Division at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.
John C. Lydon, Jr. served in the 603rd Air Engineering Squadron.
