Celia Klemski

Celia Szapka Klemski (May 17, 1919 – October 24, 2016) was a secretary for the State Department and the Manhattan Project. She was also featured in The Girls of Atomic City.

Early life and career Celia Klemski was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania on May 17, 1919.

In 1938, Klemski moved to Washington, District of Columbia to work as a secretary for the State Department. In 1943, Klemski moved to Oak Ridge, only being told it was a secret city. At one point Klemski took an order from a person people in the office called "G. G.", being General Leslie Groves. Despite working closely with high-ranking people, Klemski didn't know what Site X was doing, only that it helped with the war effort. Two of her brothers were in the military and she wanted to "do her part to bring them home."

She died on October 24, 2016.