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Harold E. Hoover

Chemical EngineerY-12 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
EngineerManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment
Harold E. Hoover Listen to Harold E. Hoover’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Harold Hoover was a member of the Special Engineer Detachment during the Manhattan Project. He worked as a filter foreman at the Y-12 Plant, but his real job was in counterintelligence, to ensure no sabotage occurred. 

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