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Horace R. Hood

Construction WorkerOak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project Veteran
Herbert Hood and his family in Kingston, Tennesee

Horace Hood set up equipment for the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He and his family lived in Kingsport, Tennessee while Hood commuted to Oak Ridge through a series of security checkpoints each day. 

Horace Hood's certificate from the Secretary of War verifying his service in the Manhattan Project.

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