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John Mench

Pattern MakerLos Alamos, NM

Oak Ridge, TNTrinity Site
Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment
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John Mench was assigned to the Special Engineer Detachment at Los Alamos where he worked as a pattern maker, creating wooden casts for metal work at the site’s foundry.

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