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Julian Schwinger

MIT

Julian Schwinger (1918-1994) was an American theoretical physicist and the 1965 Nobel Prize winner. During the summer of 1943, Schwinger briefly worked on the development of the atomic bomb at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory.

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Tinian Island

Winton Bagley served in the 1395th Military Police Company, Aviation.

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Los Alamos, NM

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K.G. Jones

Research & Development/300 Area

Jones worked at the 300 Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.