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Philip C. McKenna

Laboratory AssistantChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Philip C. McKenna was a laboratory assistant the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

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