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George Banic

Project StaffY-12 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/StaffSpouse to Manhattan Project Worker
The Alpha Racetrack at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennesee Listen to George Banic’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

George Banic worked on high voltage power supplies for the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York, and came to Oak Ridge in March 1944, to help with the Y-12 Plant.

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