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Miriam Young-Krollman

Radioactivity MeasurementLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
Front gate to the Los Alamos compound

Miriam Young-Krollman was a member of the Women's Army Corps and worked at Los Alamos from April 1945 to August 1946 measuring samples of radioactive materials. Young-Krollman's unit was tasked with analyzing the data brought back from Japan after the atomic bombings. After the war, she worked with Bethlehem Steel and Western Electric before retiring in 1983 

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