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J. H. Stout, Jr.

LieutenantOak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Joseph Stout Jr.

Capt. Joseph Stout MD worked for the United States Engineer District Office as one of the few obstetricians in Los Alamos from ’44-46. He delivered his own daughter there in 1946.

Los Alamos was such a close community and Mrs. Joseph Stout would talk about going to dances in the gym.

J. Robert Oppenheimer visited the home of Joseph Stout in Pasadena, CA on a few occasions.

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