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Charles E. Crichfield

Electrician Oak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project Veteran
The Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Charles Crichfield worked as an elctrician in Oak Ridge, Tennessee from 1943 to September 1945. Crichfield's brother Paul and father P.D. also worked in Oak Ridge. 

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