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Los Alamos, New Mexico

Los Alamos, New MexicoThe remote location and existing school buildings helped make Los Alamos the choice for a research and development site. The owners of the school were willing to sell it to the military for $440,000, since they were having problems obtaining and keeping qualified teachers during the war.

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