Reba Holmberg

Lab TechnicianOak Ridge, TN

Y-12 Plant

Manhattan Project Veteran

Listen to Reba Holmberg’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Reba Holmberg grew up in Robertsville, Tennessee, and experienced its claiming by the federal government for the Manhattan Project. After studying at the University of Tennessee, she went to work at the Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge in an analytical chemistry lab. She experienced working at the Y-12 plant and living in the “Secret City.”

Reba Holmberg’s Timeline

1923 Born in Robertsville, TN.

1950 Married Robert Holmberg, moved to Oak Ridge.

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