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Gerald F. Smith

Special Engineer DetachmentLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment

Gerald F. Smith served in the Special Engineer Detachment at Los Alamos, NM during the Manhattan Project. He worked in the Technical Area. He was in a group of five Army enlisted men to set up and run a darkroom to develop X-ray films.

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