Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Vestle O. Reed

SergeantTinian Island

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

Vestle O. Reed served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.

Related Profiles

J. R. Thompson

Oak Ridge, TN

J. R. Thompson worked for the J.A. Jones Construction Company.

Ernest Holloway

Los Alamos, NM

Byron B. Shull

Los Alamos, NM

August “Gus” Knuth

Chicago, IL

August “Gus” Knuth was a millwright and carpenter who helped construct Chicago Pile-1. He was present on December 2, 1942 when the pile went critical in the first self-sustaining chain reaction in history.