William S. Biggers

Chemical EngineerDecatur, IL

Manhattan Project Veteran

William S. Biggers worked as a chemical engineer during the Manhattan Project. Biggers worked at the the Houdaille-Hershey Plant in Decatur, Illinois from April 1944 to December 1946.

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