Tennessee in WW2 History | World War II Database

3 Dec 1892

United States

Julius Adler was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. ww2dbase [Julius Adler | Chattanooga, Tennessee | CPC]

31 Aug 1893

United States

Clifton Cates was born in Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States. ww2dbase [Clifton Cates | Tiptonville, Tennessee | CPC]

20 Aug 1919

United States

Roddie Edmonds was born in South Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. ww2dbase [Roddie Edmonds | Knoxville, Tennessee | DS]

1 Jul 1942

United States

Chief Engineer of the Manhattan District Colonel James C. Marshall and his deputy Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Nichols surveyed the Knoxville, Tennessee, United States region for suitable sites for Manhattan Project manufacturing, but they were not entirely satisfied by the sites presented to them by the Tennessee Valley Authority. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Clinton Engineer Works | Tennessee | CPC]

23 Sep 1942

United States

Leslie Groves was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. On the same day, he toured the future Oak Ridge site of the Manhattan Project in Tennessee, United States and expressed his satisfaction for this site being used for a future production site. ww2dbase [Clinton Engineer Works | Leslie Groves | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | CPC]

24 Sep 1942

United States

Leslie Groves purchased 210 square kilometers (52,000 acres) of land in Tennessee, United States. Also known as Site X, it would soon become the Oak Ridge site of the Manhattan Project. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Clinton Engineer Works | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | CPC]

28 Sep 1942

United States

The Ohio River Division of the US Army Corps of Engineers opened up an office in Harriman, Tennessee, United States to begin acquiring land, by purchase and the implementation of Eminent Domain, for Site X of the Manhattan Project. ww2dbase [Clinton Engineer Works | Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Harriman, Tennessee | CPC]

6 Oct 1942

United States

The District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, United States issued an order to take possession of land for Site X of the Manhattan Project. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Clinton Engineer Works | Tennessee | CPC]

23 Nov 1942

United States

A delegation of landowners whose property were taken over by Site X of the Manhattan Project in Tennessee, United States issued a petition of protest to the Real Estate Branch of the Ohio River Division of the US Army Corps. ww2dbase [Clinton Engineer Works | Tennessee | CPC]

28 Nov 1942

United States

Roddie Edmonds married Marie Solomon at the Vestal Methodist church in Knoxville, Tennessee. ww2dbase [Roddie Edmonds | Knoxville, Tennessee | DS]

18 Feb 1943

United States

The construction for a large electromagnetic separation plant for enriching uranium, codenamed Y-12, began construction at Manhattan Project's Oak Ridge site in Tennessee, United States. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Clinton Engineer Works | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | CPC]

1 Apr 1943

United States

Access to the Clinton Engineer Works facilities in Tennessee, United States became strictly controlled. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Clinton Engineer Works | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | CPC]

17 Oct 1943

United States

The civilian Roane-Anderson Company, a subsidiary of the Turner Construction Company, took over the responsibility of administering the community in Tennessee, United States in which the workers at Site X of the Manhattan Project resided. ww2dbase [Clinton Engineer Works | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | CPC]

1 Jul 1945

United States

The civilian Monsanto company took over the operation of the Clinton Laboratories at Site X of the Manhattan Project in Tennessee, United States. ww2dbase [Clinton Engineer Works | Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | CPC]

25 Jul 1945

United States

The final wartime shipment of uranium-235 left the Clinton Engineer Works in Tennessee, United States, reaching Tinian, Mariana Islands by C-54 transport aircraft 3 and 4 days later. This specific shipment of uranium-235 was used for the Little Boy bomb destined for Hiroshima, Japan. ww2dbase [Clinton Engineer Works | Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | CPC]

1 Mar 1946

United States

Private medical practices were allowed at Site X of the Manhattan Project in Tennessee, United States. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Clinton Engineer Works | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | CPC]

10 Sep 1946

United States

Union Carbide, the civilian firm charged with the running of plants K-25, Y-12, and X-10 at Site X of the Manhattan Project in Tennessee, United States, signed a contract with the union United Chemical Workers. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Clinton Engineer Works | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | CPC]

18 Dec 1946

United States

Monsanto, the civilian firm charged with the running of the Clinton Laboratories at Site X of the Manhattan Project in Tennessee, United States, signed a contract with the union Atomic Trades and Labor Council. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Clinton Engineer Works | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | CPC]

1 Mar 1949

United States

The military hospital at the Oak Ridge site of the Manhattan Project in Tennessee, United States was transferred to civilian control by the Roanne-Anderson Company, a subsidiary of the Turner Construction Company. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Clinton Engineer Works | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | CPC]

19 Mar 1949

United States

The residential and commercial sections of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States were opened to public access for the first time. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Clinton Engineer Works | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | CPC]

8 Aug 1985

United States

Roddie Edmonds passed away in Knoxville, Tennessee two weeks short of his 66th birthday. ww2dbase [Roddie Edmonds | Knoxville, Tennessee | DS]

27 Jul 2011

Photo(s) dated 27 Jul 2011

Loading face of the X-10 graphite reactor, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States, 27 Jul 2011

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis

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