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Samual B. Watson

Machinist Oak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project Veteran
The K-25 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Samual Watson was a machinist from Kirksy, Kentucky employed at Oak Ridge, Tennessee during the Manhattan Project. 

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