Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Ralph M. Bennett

Staff SergeantTinian Island

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

Ralph M. Bennett served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. 

Related Profiles

C. M. Wallace

Oak Ridge, TN

C. M. Wallace worked for the J.A. Jones Construction Company.

Joseph J. Hlay

Los Alamos, NM

Herbert T. Wood Jr.

K-25 Plant

Attended the University of Oklahoma.

Harry Truman

Washington, DC

Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) was the 33rd President of the United States of America. Truman first learned of the Manhattan Project after the death of President Roosevelt in April of 1945, when he relinquished his role as Vice President and took the oath of office as the next president of the United States.