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Charles E. Swenson

ShopChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Sketch of Chicago Pile-1 by Melvin A. Miller

Charles Swenson worked in the shop at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

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