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Walter R. Julek

Laboratory HelperChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Walter R. Julek was a laboratory helper at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

 

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