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Dorothea Hermann

Provisional Engineer DetachmentLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranProvisional Engineer Detachment

Dorothea lived in Chicago and was assigned to Dr. Robert Oppenheimer’s office in Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

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