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Harris Small

Special Engineer DetachmentLos Alamos, NM

Oak Ridge, TNY-12 Plant
Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment

Harris Small was stationed in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in the Special Engineer Department (SED). He served as a supervising civilian operator of shifts (the Calutron girls) at the Y-12 Electromagnetic Separation Plant.

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