Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Oscar J. Thigpen

Ground Crew on Top SecretTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
The Top Secret

Oscar J. Thigpen served as a corporal in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Top Secret.

Related Profiles

Ilse H. Perlman

Los Alamos, NM

Ilse Perlman was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

S. L. Eisler

Oak Ridge, TN

S. L. Eisler worked for the Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation.

E. F. Phinney

Hanford, WA

Alfred H. Zeltmann

Los Alamos, NM

Alfred “Al” Zeltmann was a member of the Special Engineer Detatchment (SED) at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.