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Woodrow F. Evans

MechanicOak Ridge, TN

Y-12 Plant
Manhattan Project Veteran
The Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Woodrow Evans worked as a mechanic on the alpha racetracks at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee from March 1944 to October 1945.

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