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Mildred M. Summers

Chemical TechnicianChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Sketch of Chicago Pile-1 by Melvin A. Miller

Mildred Summers was a chemical technician at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

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