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Lauchlin M. Currie

Dr. Lauchlin Currie, a chemical engineer, worked in barrier production at the Houdaille-Hershey plant in Decatur, IL. He also worked on graphite production in West Virginia and North Carolina. He discusses a number of the other companies involved in the Manhattan Project, including Kellex and Union Carbide. He also discusses the people he worked alongside, and how their temperaments came together to make the Project run.

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