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Richard Emanatian

Post SecurityHanford, WA

Los Alamos, NM
Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
Front gate to the Los Alamos compound

Richard Emanatian was with the military police detachment at Los Alamos during the war. He maintained secrecy through the rest of his life, and his family only found about his involvement long after his death. 

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