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Jane Yantis

WifeOak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project VeteranSpouse to Manhattan Project Worker
Jane Yantis, widow of an Oak Ridge veteran Listen to Jane Yantis’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Jane Yantis was the wife of a petroleum engineer, Carl Yantis, who worked at the Oak Ridge site during the Manhattan Project. 

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