World War II Honoree

Samuel Theodore Cohen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Los Angeles, California

Honored By

C. McCabe

JOINED THE ARMY AND WAS POSTED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR ADVANCED TRAINING IN PHYSICS AND MATH, THEN SELECTED TO WORK ON THE MANHATTAN PROJECT. CALCULATED NEUTRON DENSITIES ON FAT MAN, THE ATOMIC BOMB THAT WAS DROPPED ON NAGASAKI, JAPAN.