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Inez O’Brien

Provisional Engineer DetachmentLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranProvisional Engineer Detachment

Inez O’Brien served in the Women’s Army Corps at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. According to an interview from June 16, 2010 with Jay Wechsler, she worked as the librarian for the Technical Library. 

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