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Louise T. King

AnalystOak Ridge, TN

Y-12 Plant
Manhattan Project Veteran
The Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Louise King was an analyst at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee from June 1944 to February 1947. She was recruited for the project out of Winthrop College in South Carolina. While working at Oak Ridge, King met her husband, James E. King. 

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