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F. Robert Lesch

Chemical EngineerX-10 Graphite Reactor

Oak Ridge, TN
EngineerManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment

Attended the University of Wisconsin.

Photo of Lesch in a yearbook

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