Hometown
Mount Carmel, Tennessee
Honored By
Children
DURING WWII, WAS EMPLOYED AT OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE BUILDING K25 WORKING IN THE GOVERNMENT FACILITY THAT PRODUCED ENRICHED URANIUM FOR THE WORLD'S FIRST NUCLEAR BOMBS. LATER, WAS EMPLOYED AT THE HOLSTON ORDNANCE PLANT IN MOUNT CARMEL, TENNESSEE MAKING TNT (TRINITROTOLUENE) FOR THE WAR EFFORT.