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John Costa

ShopChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Chicago Pile-1

John Costa worked at the shop in the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

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