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Dee McCullough

EngineerHanford, WA

B Reactor/100 AreaManhattan, NY
EngineerManhattan Project Veteran
Listen to Dee McCullough’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Dee McCullough began working as an instrument technician at Hanford in early 1944. As a former sound engineer, McCullough was tasked with installing nuclear safety monitors on the reactors at Hanford. McCullough, worked closely with many of the famous scientists at the Manhattan project,including Enrico Fermi and Leona Woods Marshall.

Dee McCullough’s Timeline
1944 Jan 3rd Came to Hanford, WA.

1944 May Went to work at the B Reactor.

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