Harry Kamack's Interview
[Interviewed by Cindy Kelly and Tom Zannes.]
Tell us your name.
Harry Kamack: I'm Harry Kamack. K-A-M-A-C-K.
Tell us where you're from.
[Interviewed by Cindy Kelly and Tom Zannes.]
Tell us your name.
Harry Kamack: I'm Harry Kamack. K-A-M-A-C-K.
Tell us where you're from.
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?
Bob Schwerin: Hello.
Michael Vickio: Hi, Bob?
Schwerin: Yes.
Vickio: Michael Vickio, how are you doing?
Schwerin: Pretty good.
Vickio: Were you expecting my call?
Schwerin: Yes.
Vickio: Okay. Didn’t want to interrupt anything that was going on. How you been doing?
Cindy Kelly: I am Cindy Kelly, Atomic Heritage Foundation. And today is Sunday, March 24th, 2013. And we are interviewing James A. Schoke. But first I want him to tell us his name in full and spell it.
James Schoke: James Asher Schoke, J-A-M-E-S A-S-H-E-R S-C-H-O-K-E.
Cindy Kelly: Great. Now next hard questions, are what is your birthday and where were you born?
Cindy Kelly: All right, I’m Cindy Kelly, Atomic Heritage Foundation, and today is Wednesday, March 20, 2013. And what I’d like to do is first have you introduce yourself. Tell me your name and spell it.
William Schneller: Well, my name is William F. Schneller, and it’s W-I-L-L-I-A-M, F, S-C-H-N-E-L-L-E-R.
Kelly: Terrific. You did very well. [Laughter]
Schneller: I still remember it.
Cindy Kelly: This is Cindy Kelly at Atomic Heritage Foundation. It is March 20, 2013 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. And we are delighted to have Larry O’Rourke. His first question is to tell us your name and spell it, please.
Lawrence S. O’Rourke: I am Lawrence S. O’Rourke, L-A-W-R-E-N-C-E S-for Steven O’Rourke, O-’-R-O-U-R-K-E. And, I like to be known as Larry.
Kelly: Perfect, Larry. Please tell us your birthdate and where you were born.
[Interviewed by Cindy Kelly and Tom Zannes.]
Tell us your name.
John Tepe: I'm John Tepe, T-E-P-E.
Tell us about where you grew up and went to school.
[Interviewed by Cindy Kelly and Tom Zannes.]
Tell us your name.
Hultgren: Roger A. Hultgren, R-O-G-E-R, A was Aaron, double A-R-O-N, and Hultgren, H-U-L-T-G-R-E-N.
How did you get to be part of the Manhattan Project?
Darragh Nagle: Well, you must realize you’re talking to the people who were very, very junior at the time of the Manhattan Project. We’re mostly the ones that are left, but by that same token we were not privy to the high council—what was going on.
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.