National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Philip Burton Moon (1907-1994) was a British physicist. Moon was a pioneering physicist during his time at England’s Cavendish Laboratory during the 1930s.
Edward F. “Ed” Hammel was an American chemist. Hammel had just completed his Ph.D. at Princeton University when he joined a Canadian heavy water project sponsored by the school in 1941.
George W. Marquardt served as a captain in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. Although he was regularly assigned to the Up An’ Atom, he flew in the mission to bomb Hiroshima as the aircraft commander of the Necessary Evil.
