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18.7.08

Sunday, May 6 (1945)

Marvellous day bright and clear. Didn't leave peb for long walks however and slept all morning. In PM went to Morres. - Arsesm Lupin - good. Read "They Call It Pacific." Excellent account of the early Philippine campaign.

Posted by P.S. Ruckman, Jr. at 1:45 PM

Labels: May 1945

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This blog features the personal diaries of John Hamilton Ruckman (1888-1966). Ruckman was the son of Gen. John W. Ruckman and a graduate of M.I.T. and the University of California. He was also an Army captain in World War I and a colonal in World War II. These entries cover the period Ruckman served as chief engineer for the Fercleve Corporation, Oak Ridge, TN (the Manhattan Project).

S-50 Plant, Oak Ridge, TN

Fercleve Corporation Badge

Manhattan Project Certificate

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John Hamilton Ruckman (Wilmington Friends' School, 1906)

John Hamilton Ruckman (M.I.T., 1910)

John Hamilton Ruckman (Plattsburg Camp, 1916)

John Hamilton Ruckman (WWI)

John Hamilton Ruckman (WWII)

John Hamilton Ruckman (1950s)

John Hamilton Ruckman (1960s)

Grave: Rehoboth Beach, DE

Related Sites

90th Division, 179th Inf.Brig.
All Saints' Church / St. George's Chapel
Anniston Army Depot
Atomic Heritage Foundation
Fercleve Corporation, Oak Ridge Chart
Groves, Gen. L.R. (Commander)
Nichols, Col. K.D. (District Engineer)
Plattsburg Training Camp
Ruckman, Col. John Hamilton (Bio)
Ruckman, Gen. John Wilson (Bio)
Seneca Army Depot
Technology's War Record
Wilmington Friends School

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