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Robert Winkel

Project StaffK-25 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
The K-25 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

R. A Winkel worked for the Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation. At Oak Ridge he assisted in the development of the K-25 plant.

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