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Duren H. Shields

Project StaffLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Duren Howard Shields was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. During his time there, he worked on building the experimental casing for the bomb.

 

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