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James S. Cole

Technical EngineerK-25 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
EngineerManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment
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James S. Cole is an American engineer. He served as an airplane engineer during World War II, and began working at the K-25 plant at Oak Ridge, TN in 1945, shortly after the end of the war. Cole later worked at the Y-12 plant. 

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