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Dominick A. Itzi

EngineerLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
Dominick Itzi

Dominick Itzi was stationed at Los Alamos with the Provisional Engineer Detachment (PED) from 1944 to 1946. He and his fellow engineers served many functions, including construction, building maintenance, and infrastructure repair. While at Los Alamos, Itzi met and married Ethel Ann Caylor, a nurse at the Los Alamos hospital. After the war, the couple moved to Philadelphia.

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