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Margaret Caldes

SecretaryLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/StaffSpouse to Manhattan Project Worker
Margaret E. Caldes's Los Alamos ID badge

Margaret Caldes moved to Los Alamos when her husband, William E. Caldes, was recruited to join the project in 1943. She worked as a secretary for Julian Mack in the photography department.

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