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O. R. "Big" Simpson was a second lieutenant in military intelligence in charge of convoys carrying plutonium from Hanford to Fort Douglas, Utah. Simpson, as a classified materials courier, frequently traveled in heavily armed convoys to Utah and Los Alamos by truck and plane. He retired in 1972 as deputy director of security at Hanford.

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