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Robert Schwerin

Special Engineer DetachmentLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment
Front gate to the Los Alamos compound Listen to Robert Schwerin’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Robert Schwerin was drafted shortly before the end of the war, in 1945. Following the war, he re-enlisted to avoid being put on a desk job. Schwerin deployed to Europe, to serve in ordnance. He was brought on to post-war nuclear research, and sent back to the United States to be deployed to Los Alamos. There, he worked a security guard, often guarding plutonium.

Robert Schwerin’s Timeline
1945 Jun Arrived at Los Alamos.

1947 Left Los Alamos.

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