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Roy V. Henderson

JanitorChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Roy V. Henderson was a janitor at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

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