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Nancy Bartlit

ChildLos Alamos, NM

CanadaColumbia UniversityOak Ridge, TN
ExpertFamily Member of Manhattan Project Veteran
Nancy Bartlit Listen to Nancy Bartlit’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Nancy Bartlit is the former president of the Los Alamos Historical Society and co-author of Silent Voices of World War II: When Sons of the Land of Enchantment Met Sons of the Land of the Rising Sun. Her father worked on the Manhattan Project in New York City, Oak Ridge, and Canada.

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