William R. Merkle

T. K. Rothermund

T. K. Rothermund worked for the J.A. Jones Construction Company.

Richard Lyon

Richard Lyon was a research assistant at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Andrew J. Lane

Norris N. Jernigan

In 1943, seventeen-year-old Norris Jernigan joined the Army Air Corps Cadet program, where he began training to become a pilot.