Florence Bunch Worthington

Project StaffY-12 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN

Family Member of Manhattan Project VeteranManhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Worthington worked in the chemical department of the Y-12 plant at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project.

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