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William C. Bunnell

Security Guard Los Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

William Bunnell served at Los Alamos after the war from 1946 to 1948. He was a security guard and a member of the Military Police located at Los Alamos. He currently resides in Lakeside, California. 

William C. Bunnell’s Timeline
1946 Dec1948 Feb Works at Los Alamos National Laboratory as member of Military Police

William Bunnell poses with another security guard outside of a barracks at Los Alamos. 

Bunnell and another security guard carry a dummy bomb at Los Alamos. 

Members of the Military Police relax and play cards while at Los Alamos. Bunnell is pictured second from the left. 

William C. Bunnell in full Military Police uniform at Los Alamos. 

Bunnell and Dioxin at Canyon Rim

William Bunnell and Dastrup with a Practice Bomb

William Bunnell at Trinity, 1947

Security Guards at the Barracks at Los Alamos, 1947

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