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Michael Rimek

LaborerChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
A sketch of the Chicago Pile-1

Michael Rimek was a laborer at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

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