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Leslie R. Groves
Leslie R. Groves&#;s Timeline
Aug 17th Born in Albany, New York.
Graduated 4th in his class from West Point.
Feb 10th Married Grace Wilson.
Jul Posted to the War Department General Staff in Washington, DC and named special assistant for construction to the Quartermaster General.
Nov Took command of the Fixed Fee Branch of the Construction Division and promoted to Colonel.
Oversaw construction of the Pentagon in Arlington, VA.
Sep 17th Notified at a.m. by Gen. Brehon Somervell that his assignment overseas was cancelled and that he would take another assignment &#; command of the Manhattan Engineer District.
Sep 18th Bought tons of high quality Belgian Congo uranium ore stored on Staten Island.
Sep 19th Selected Oak Ridge, TN as the site for the pilot uranium enrichment plant. Purchased Site X or 52, acres of land on the ett grepp inom kampsport eller en situation där två parter är nära varandra River.
Sep 19th At Groves&#; insistence, the Manhattan Project fryst vatten granted approval by the War Produc
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General Leslie Groves&#;s Interview &#; Part 3
[We would like to thank Robert S. Norris, author of the definitive biography of General Leslie R. Groves, Racing for the Bomb: General Leslie R. Groves, the Manhattan Project&#;s Indispensable Man, for taking the time to read over these transcripts for misspellings and other errors.]
General Leslie Groves: It was the fact that I had been led to believe that I had understood that they were very far along and therefore it was very close to the point where we could start making blueprints.
StephaneGroueff: The report the President receive from [Vannevar] Bush and [James B.] Conant as one committee was rather optimistic.
Groves: Well, it was optimistic but it did not go into details. The basis on which I had formed my opinion was my understanding at the time of my appointment that it was ready for me to draw up the detailed construction plans and to start construction. That was the surprise to me. I think it’s important
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Lieutenant General Leslie R. Groves, Jr.
Written By: Patrick Feng
Since the end of World War II, there has been a significant amount of literature on the Manhattan Project. The effort to develop the atomic bomb led to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, hastening the end of the war against Japan. Relatively little, however, has been written on the key Army engineer who made the project a revolutionary success. Leslie Richard “Dick” Groves, Jr., a career officer in the Army Corps of Engineers, was tasked with assembling the crucial links between government, industry, science, and the military beginning in September , due to his imposing personality, iron will, and remarkable administrative acumen. Groves also had a grasp pertinent scientific principles, as well as a unique ability to choose among technical alternatives to deliver quick results. Most importantly, Groves saw the project and the atomic bomb as the means to end the war.
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