National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
William J. Van Buskirk was a machinist who worked at Los Alamos for over three decades. Van Buskirk started working at Los Alamos in 1943, a year after he graduated from high school.
Elmer began working with the Manhattan Project in 1941. He was one of the first people to arrive at Oak Ridge and experienced first-hand some of the difficulties there with cyclotrons and isotope separation.
Silvilers worked at the 200 East Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.
