A. W. Betts

ColonelLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranProvisional Engineer Detachment

Colonel Austin Wortham “Cy” Betts worked under General Kenneth D. Nichols during the Manhattan Project. He was J. Robert Oppenheimer’s deputy at Los Alamos.

Cy Betts was an observer of Operation Crossroads in 1946.

Related Profiles

H. VanDerHorn

Tinian Island

H. VanDerHorn served in the 390th Air Service Group.

Gaelen Felt

Los Alamos, NM

Harry Gold

Los Alamos, NM

Harry Gold was an American laboratory chemist who was convicted of being a courier for a number of Soviet spies during the Manhattan Project, including Klaus Fuchs.

Shirley Krimeier

Hanford, WA