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Ford Whipple

Project StaffK-25 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
The K-25 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Whipple worked at the K-25 plant at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project. He was also a member of the K-25 basketball team. He studied chemical engineering at the University of Michigan and worked on Operation Crossroads after the war.

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