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Albert W. Thompson

DoctorOak Ridge, TN

Los Alamos, NM
Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
The K-25 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Albert Thompson was a military doctor stationed at Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1945. Thompson had served in the European Theatre of the war prior to going to Oak Ridge. He and his family left Oak Ridge in December of 1945.

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