Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Wendell C. Countiss

PrivateY-12 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Y-12 beta racetrack.

Wendell Countiss worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

Related Profiles

Robert S. Mulliken

Chicago, IL

Robert S. Mulliken (1896-1986) was an American physical chemist and winner of the 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Carleton Clark McEachern

Tinian Island

Carleton Clark McEachern was a sergeant in the 509th Composite Group. He was regularly assigned to the B-29 Laggin’ Dragon as the tail gunner.

Karl P. Somers

Los Alamos, NM

Leonard Simpson

Tinian Island

Leonard Simpson served in the 1395th Military Police Aviation.