Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Thomas T. Tijerina

CorporalTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
North Airfield at Tinian Island.

Thomas T. Tijerina served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.

Related Profiles

Howard Orndorff

Los Alamos, NM

Howard Orndorff’s daughter, Norma Orndorff, died in July of 2022. Her obituary can be read here.

D. C. Miller

Y-12 Plant

D. C. Miller worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

Samuel Podgor

Los Alamos, NM

Samuel Podgor was born to Russian-migrants in New York City. He served in the Special Engineer Detachment at Los Alamos, NM where he worked in the Theoretical Division under Klaus Fuchs.

Peter T. Harris

Tinian Island

Peter T. Harris served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.