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Ethel Taylor

Provisional Engineer DetachmentLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranProvisional Engineer Detachment

Ethel Taylor was a scientific assistant in the Women’s Army Corps at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

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