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Jean Crossland

SecretaryK-25 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/StaffSpouse to Manhattan Project Worker
The K-25 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Originally from California, Jean Crossland was a secretary in the K-25 process area at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project. She and her husband, Winford D. “Doug” Crossland, lived in half of a “Victory Cottage” they split with Hal and Reggie Behl.

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