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Walton B. Joiner

Technical SupervisorK-25 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranProject Worker/StaffSpecial Engineer Detachment
Oak Ridge, K-25

Attended the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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