National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Joe McKibben was born and raised in rural Missouri before obtaining a PhD in physics from the University of Wisconsin.
Colonel Elmer Ellsworth Kirkpatrick, Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers Officer and a Manhattan Engineering District Deputy Engineer.
Carlson worked at the 300 Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.
Sergeant Ralph Belanger was an Assistant Flight Engineer assigned to the Bockscar’s original crew.