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Fred VanWyck

Plant OperatorHanford, WA

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/StaffSpouse to Manhattan Project Worker
Hanford Listen to Fred VanWyck’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Fred VanWyck moved to Richland with his wife Diana in 1944 from Charleston, West Virginia, where Van worked at DuPont's Belle Plant as a technician. At Hanford, Fred was a plant operator. He and his wife watched Richland grow and evolve over their time living there.

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