Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Reginald C. Augustine served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. In 1944, he was assigned to the Alsos Mission, the Manhattan Project’s counterintelligence mission in Europe to determine how far Nazi Germany had gotten on the path to building an atomic bomb. Augustine served under Colonel Boris Pash, and accompanied the Mission’s scientists in France and Germany. He also escorted some of the German scientists captured by the Allies to Farm Hall in England, including Otto Hahn.

Mr. Augustine passed away on June 30, 2011.

Related Profiles

Fred Patrick

Trinity Site

Fred Patrick worked in DuPont's Chamber Works in Deepwater, NJ in 1943 on Manhattan Project work.

Thomas P. Hill, III

Tinian Island

Thomas P. Hill, III served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. 

Clarence Signaigo

Chicago, IL

Clarence Signaigo was a laboratory helper at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

John E. Yenzer

Hanford, WA