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Myrtle Bachelder, American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer (died 1997)

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Myrtle Bachelder

American chemist and officer (1908–1997)

Myrtle Claire Bachelder was an American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer, who is noted for her secret work on the Manhattan Project atomic bomb program, and for the development of techniques in the chemistry of metals.
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Women's Army Corps

Women's branch of the United States Army from 1942 to 1978

The Women's Army Corps was the women's branch of the United States Army. It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), on 15 May 1942, and converted to an active duty status in the Army of the United States as the WAC on 1 July 1943. Its first…
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March 13

Day of the year

March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 293 days remain until the end of the year.
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