Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

A. V. Hendricks

Project StaffY-12 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
The Alpha Racetrack at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennesee

A. V. Hendricks worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

Related Profiles

Bobby J. Chapman

Tinian Island

Bobby J. Chapman served as a captain in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the regularly assigned bombardier for the Big Stink, and he and his crew were later reassigned to Luke the Spook.

William J. McGraw

Los Alamos, NM

Mary Lou Curtis

Dayton, OH

Mary Lou Curtis joined the Manhattan Project in Dayton, Ohio in 1943. Mrs. Curtis worked in the Counting Room at Monsanto’s Unit III facility, where she developed new methods to measure and analyze radioactive materials, such as polonium, which was used as the trigger for the atomic bombs.

R. Martens

T-Plant/200 Areas

Martens worked in the 200 West Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.