Avery W. Rogers

Project StaffOak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Avery W. Rogers worked for J. A. Jones Construction Co., Inc. during the Manhattan Project.

Avery W. Rogers’ Manhattan Project certificate from the War Department

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