Transportation

Theresa Strottman: We are talking with Harold Agnew who has worked here [at Los Alamos] during the Manhattan Project and later was Lab Director. And we thank you very much for coming today. Our first question is if you could briefly tell us when and where you were born and something about your education and […]

Cindy Kelly: The first thing we have to do is ask you your name and to say it and then spell it.  Monika (camerawoman): We’re ready to go.  Kelly: So tell me your name and spell it, please.  Watson Warriner: My name is Watson C. Warriner, Senior. And I happen to be ninety-four years old. […]

Lilli Hornig: I’m Lilli Hornig and that’s spelled L-I-L-L-I; H-O-R-N-I-G. Cindy Kelly: Terrific. Now we have to start at the next question, is—can you give us your birth day? Hornig: I can; it’s March 22, 1921. I was born in what is now the Czech Republic; a little town about—probably about fifty miles north and […]

Alexandra Levy: All right, we are here on December 28, 2012 with Max Gittler. Please say your name and spell it. Max Gittler: Max Gittler, M-a-x G-i-t-t-l-e-r. Levy: Where are you from? Gittler: New York, New York City, the Bronx. Levy: So how did you become involved in the Manhattan Project? Gittler: I was going to […]

Alexandra Levy: We’re here on December 28, 2012 with Evelyne Litz. Please say your name and spell it. Evelyne Litz: Evelyne Litz, E-V-E-L-Y-N-E, L-I-T-Z. Levy: So where are you from originally? Litz: Chicago. Levy: And how did you become involved in the Manhattan Project? Litz: Well after we were married we had a job in […]

Alexandra Levy: All right, we’re here on December 28, 2012 with Lawrence Litz. First please say your name and spell it. Lawrence Litz: L-A-W – it’s Lawrence Litz, L-A-W-R-E-N-C-E, L-I-T-Z. Levy: So what was it like working in the war on the Manhattan Project? Litz: It was very exciting and I felt that I was […]

Theresa Strottman: As we start, could you briefly tell me when and where you were born and something about your early education and training? Bob Porton: I’ll tell you where I was born; when I was born is classified.  I was born in Washington D.C. and one of the few people that admit that they were born […]

Justin Piel: Hi, I am Justin Piel and I am in Palm Harbor, Florida interviewing Dr. Lawrence Litz for a school biography project. Lawrence Litz: Good afternoon. I am Dr. Litz. I am glad to be able to discuss some of the work that I did many, many years ago on the atomic energy program. […]

Benjamin Bederson: I’m Benjamin Bederson. Cindy Kelly: Can you spell it? Bederson: B-E-D-E-R-S-O-N. Sometimes it’s called “Bederson.” I say Bederson.  Kelly: And what was your birth date? Bederson: I was born November 15, 1921. I’m about to have my 90th birthday next month. Kelly: You are phenomenal. This man looks like he’s sixty-five. Bederson: I like to say I’m on a plateau. But you know what a […]

Gordon Knobeloch: Okay, it’s Gordon Knobeloch, G-O-R-D-O-N, and the last name is K-N-O-B-E-L-O-C-H. Kelly: Great. Okay, why don’t you start with how you got to— Knobeloch: Okay. Well, everybody who came here had their own particular path and mine wasn’t as spectacular as some of them, but it was interesting to me, and I guess […]