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Hugo Leckelt

LaborerChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Hugo Leckelt was a laborer at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

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