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Irene Balawender

StenographerChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Irene Balawender

Irene Balawender was a stenographer in the Instrument Section at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

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