Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Walter Schlessel served in the 320th Troop Carrier Squadron.

Related Profiles

Gillen T. Nicely

Hiroshima Mission

Gillen T. Nicely served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the tail gunner on the Straight Flush during the Hiroshima mission.

E. V. Martin

Los Alamos, NM

E. V. Martin worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

F. Robert Lesch

X-10 Graphite Reactor

Attended the University of Wisconsin.

Ralph Gardner-Chavis

Chicago, IL

Ralph Alexander Gardner-Chavis (1922-) is a chemist and pioneer of hard plastics who worked at the University of Chicago’s Met Lab during the Manhattan Project.