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Thomas D. Guilfoyle

Military Police – Counter IntelligenceChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
Stagg Field at the University of Chicago

Thomas Guilfoyle was a member of the Military Police at the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Lab from 1943 to 1945. Following the war, he went on to receive a degree from the University of Chicago. 

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