FOOTNOTES
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PHOTO CREDITS
Figure 1 Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Negative No. 4156
Figure 3 Dr. T. Tahmisian, Argonne National Laboratory
Figure 4 Oak Ridge National Laboratory (photo on right)
Figure 5 Oscar W. Richards, American Optical Company
Figure 7 Brookhaven National Laboratory
Figure 9 Battelle-Northwest Laboratory
Figure 10 Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Figure 19 Argonne National Laboratory
Figure 23 Argonne National Laboratory
Figure 24 Argonne National Laboratory
Figure 28 Argonne National Laboratory
Figure 29 Brookhaven National Laboratory
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