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Marilyn Hanna

TypistOak Ridge, TN

Washington, DC
Manhattan Project Veteran
Listen to Marilyn Hanna’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Marilyn Hanna was trained as a clerk typist, and worked for the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge and later for the Security and Patent divisions in Washington, DC. She met General Leslie Groves and Glenn Seaborg.

 

Marilyn Hanna’s Timeline
1941 Graduated from high school.

1945 Went to D.C. to work for the Manhattan Project.

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