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Sept. 26, 1944, was the Tuesday it all came together at Hanford. B Reactor key to helping U.S. beat Nazis in race to make nuclear bomb The story of the B Plant and seven other reactors (known as piles in the 1940s) that followed between 1943 and 1955 is one of constant learning, experimentation and change, Hanford historian Michelle Gerber wrote. Hanford: Rest in peace The year just past was a time of reflection for many Tri-Citians. Love in the air: War in Europe, Pacific couldn't stop romance The newlyweds of 1943 were an odd lot. Young. In love. But often an ocean apart, their romance sundered by World War II. Man who built Hanford found Mid-Columbia 51 years ago dies The man who built Hanford died late Friday night. World War II turned quiet town of Pasco into bustling home to military Pasco was a quiet little burg in 1940. A friendly town where everyone knew nearly all their neighbors. World at war: Without Hanford, fighting affected Mid-Columbians Whenever the sisters came across a silver dollar, they would toss it into a coffee can nailed to the floor of their room at Hanford's "baby" dormitory. Women play larger role today Today women account for 45 percent of Hanford's work force and they are employed in every field. Grand pianos, liquor runs, beauty contests just part of life Days spent in Eastern Washington's secret atomic community often were unremarkable. But some of the women who spent time there in the early 1940s recounted these vivid memories: At Hanford plutonium lab, she could really cook Some say 1992 was the year of the woman. But Marge Nordman DeGooyer will tell you it was 1945. Women played vital role in science While women accounted for less than 1 percent of the managers and supervisors at Hanford in the early 1940s, Hanford might never have existed if not for the work of some key women scientists. Organizers tried to keep workers happy with activities When Margaret Hartman Wellman arrived at Hanford in November 1943, children were literally hanging out of the windows of the schoolhouse. Women came to Hanford to make a difference Mitzi Mars Butcher saw Hanford as her ticket out of rural Montana. Hanford's Mom: For a year, Buena Maris made desert a home for women workers Monotony, isolation, stark living conditions and strict security made it hard to call Hanford home. Black migration: World War II and work at Hanford forever changed demography of Tri-Cities The Alabama couple had been leading a nomad's life in the early months of World War II, moving from job to job. Finally, Hanford's wages lured them to the Tri-Cities. Tri-City discrimination persisted long after workers arrived "If anybody in this town ever sells property to a nigger, he's liable to be run out of town." World's first working production reactor supplied Nagasaki plutonium Nothing about the young officer would draw more than casual attention. It was February 1945 and the train he rode was crowded with men in uniform. A step ahead of Hitler: Hanford leaders feared German advances An atomic bomb in Adolf Hitler's hands was the nightmare that drove scientists at Hanford during World War II. B Reactor Museum members work to preserve monument to past To members of the B Reactor Museum Association, the reactor is not a cold, gray shadow stretching across a half-century. Italian POWs sent to work in fields of Mid-Columbia Back in 1943 when the Allies were mopping up things in Northern Africa and starting to invade Italy, Mussolini's soldiers began surrendering in droves. Columbia Camp held violators of wartime laws Columbia Camp at the horn of the Yakima River was opened Feb. 1, 1944, by the Federal Bureau of Prisons Industries for "minimum-custody-type improvable male offenders," who had no more than one year to serve. WWII prison camps revisited Italian prisoners of war in Pasco were some of the first aficionados of Washington wines back during World War II. Residents recall long-gone towns Bobbe Needham found part of her father this weekend at the dusty, deserted remains of White Bluffs and Hanford. Rivers drew Indians to Chemna The Chemnapum Indian man pushed back the flap of the tule mat lodge set on the gravel banks of the Columbia River. 'Shiny new village, isolated ... happy' When Bill Dowis and his family settled into their new H house in Richland in March of 1944, they were excited to be part of a spanking new town. |
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