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Helen D. Thomson

Army GroupChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
Sketch of Chicago Pile-1 by Melvin A. Miller

Helen D. Thomson was in the Army Group at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

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