Opal Drum’s Interview
Opal Drum lived in Richland while her husband worked as a crane operator for the Manhattan Project. Neither she nor her children had any knowledge of the purpose of her husband’s work until they heard the news about bombing of Hiroshima. Drum describes civilian life in Richland, discussing what it was like to raise kids in the town. The family resided in the town’s largest trailer park. She speaks of her brother’s role in WWII, as well as initial reactions of the American people following the use of the atomic bomb.