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Virgil Harris

ScientistLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranScientist
Virgil Harris's Los Alamos ID badge photo

Virgil Harris worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. After the war, he worked for Sandia National Laboratories.

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