National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Bruno Yurgaites was a janitor at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Lab (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.
Peter Newport Bragg, Jr. served as a civilian engineer working for the U.S. Navy beginning in 1944. A brilliant chemical engineer, he volunteered for a dangerous assignment while employed by the U.
Margaret Hoffarth was born in Colorado and moved west with her parents, traveling to Idaho in a wagon train.
