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C. F. Mims

Project StaffOak Ridge, TN

Y-12 Plant
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
The Alpha Racetrack at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennesee

C. F. Mims worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

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