National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Pierce worked in the 200 West Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.
Hans von Halban (1908-1964) was an Austrian born French physicist. He finished his studies in 1934. He joined nuclear physicist Niels Bohr in Copenhagen, where he and Otto Frisch discovered that heavy water had very little neutron absorption compared to normal water.
Vernon J. Rowley served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the radar operator on the B-29 Jabit III on the Hiroshima mission.
Bernard H. Bean served in the 1027th Air Material Squadron.
