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Peter Watkins

Special Engineer DetachmentLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment

Peter Watkins was a member of the Special Engineer Detatchment (SED) at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

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