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Theodore R. Boinski

Laboratory AssistantChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Theodore Boinski (1920-2008) was a laboratory assistant at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

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