Edith Barwick Haag

ClerkLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

Edith Haag was a member of the Women's Auxillary Corps assigned to Los Alamos as a clerical assistant. She started in inventory control in Los Alamos warehoues, but later was assigned to office work. After the war, she used this experience to take a position with the Atomic Energy Commission as a contract specialist.

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