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Henry Newsom

Research & Development/300 Area

Newsom worked at the 300 Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

Mary C. Whidden

Los Alamos, NM

Mary Whidden was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

Sarah Dowson

Los Alamos, NM

Sarah Dowson was married to nuclear chemist Rene Prestwood. She worked as a nurse at Los Alamos.

Hope Sloan Amacker

Hanford, WA

Hope Sloan was 25 in 1944, a dark-haired WAC corporal and secretary in military intelligence. In July, she joined the construction camp's morale-building effort by entering a beauty contest, part of an "exposition "promoting safety on and off the job.