name given to the atomic bomb program because its original offices were in

Manhattan--grew very quickly. And although the Army had been involved since June of

1942, it was just beginning to realize that someone was going to have to be put in overall

charge. The man chosen was Leslie Richard Groves, a 46-year-old colonel in the Army

While he was a competent engineer, Groves was no scientist. He did not

understand the science behind building the atomic bomb, nor did he pretend to. He

needed someone who would be able to supervise the scientific side of the project. After

dismissing a number of candidates, Groves decided on who seemed like the most

improbable of candidate of all--38-year-old J. Robert Oppenheimer.

After he was officially given the job of laboratory director, Oppenheimer planned a

campaign of "absolutely unscrupulous recruiting of anyone we can lay our hands on."1

He used his charismatic personality to recruit some of the greatest scientific talent in the

world to join the project. He then helped Groves find a location for his bomb-making

laboratory, tentatively called "Site Y."

part of their particles. The other process, called fusion, occurs when two light nuclei fuse

Not even the scientists knew of the amount of radiation that would be released.

Islands chain in the Pacific Ocean. During the summer of 1945 the planners drew up a list

Groves other secret factory, near Hanford, Washington, was working to produce

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