Raymond Hamilton worked in the explosives research area at Los Alamos after a distinguished career with the US Army Coast Artillery Corps 705th Machine Gun Battery. Hamilton developed malaria in the East Asia theatre forcing a return to the United States. He was sent to Los Alamos in 1944 after recuperation and did various work on explosives and in the carpentry lab. He married Mary Olipra, a WAC also at Los Alamos, and stayed on as a civilian employee until about 1954.
Raymond L. Hamilton
Explosives Research AssistantHanford, WA
Los Alamos, NM
Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
![Hamilton poses with a dog at Los Alamos](https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Hamilton and Dog.jpg)
Raymond L. Hamilton’s Timeline
1941 Entered military service with the US Army Coast Artillery Corps 705th Machine Gun Battery in the China-Burma-India theatre
1944 Developed malaria and is sent back to the US. Transferred to Los Alamos once healthy.
1954 Left Los Alamos after becoming a civilian employee at the facility for eight years.