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Celeste Hand

SwitchboardChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Celeste Hand was a switchboard operator at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

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