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Isabel Torres

Mail MessengerLos Alamos, NM

Hispano/aManhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Isabel Vigil Torres Listen to Isabel Torres’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Isabel Torres worked at the Los Alamos laboratory during and after the Manhattan Project. She commuted from the neighboring community of Santa Cruz, first by truck, then by bus. She worked in the administration office and as a classified mail messenger, as well as at S-Site as a technician.

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