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Bonnie Rogers

Racetrack OperatorOak Ridge, TN

Y-12 Plant
Manhattan Project Veteran
Y-12 Calutron Girls

Bonnie Pauline Hardwick Rogers worked at the Y-12 Plant, operating the machinery separating the uranium isotope U-235 from it's heavier counterpart U-238. 

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