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Gordon T. Hewitt

Industrial ChemistX-10 Graphite Reactor

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranScientistSpecial Engineer Detachment
Sidney Weiss Carter

Attended the Ohio State University.

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