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Peter D. Korzaan

Sign Painter / Illustrator Los Alamos, NM

EngineerManhattan Project Veteran
Peter Korzaan

Peter Korzaan served the Manhattan Project in the Provisional Engineering Detachment (PED) at Los Alamos from 1945 to 1946. Korzaan was in charge of the silk screen poster shop, supervising and directing the work of four illustrators. The work included design, layout, and publishing of the many maps, charts, and posters needed by the Manhattan Project. 

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