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Harold A. Oldroyd Jr.

Instrument EngineerX-10 Graphite Reactor

Oak Ridge, TN
EngineerManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment
The X-10 Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge

Attended Newark College.

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