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Walter J. Muente

Supply SergeantWendover, UT

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
Wendover Airfield in Utah

Walter J. Muente served as a Private with Special Ordnance at Wendover, Utah. He was then transferred to Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico and served as Sergeant -Tech Supply. Muente packed and coded bomb material for transfer from Wendover Field to Sandia Base in New Mexico. 

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