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Edward C. Stephenson

Chief of Electrical DetonationTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranProject Alberta

Edward C. Stephenson served in Project Alberta and the United States Naval Reserves.

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