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Edward Littleton

Laboratory AssistantChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Edward Littleton was a laboratory helper at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project. 

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