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Avery W. Rogers

Project StaffOak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
The Chapel on the Hill

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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