Uncle Jack: Manhattan Project and Beyond
The Pacific
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54m
The Manhattan Project was an enormous undertaking that required the efforts of many of the world’s most brilliant intellectuals. Hundreds of physicists, mathematicians, and engineers were needed to design, build, and test the world’s first atomic weapon and the United States government did everything in its power to lure these individuals to the Manhattan Project. One of those assigned to the project was my uncle John Edmund Gray, a University of Rhode Island graduate with a brilliant mind. Hundreds of men were assigned by the government of the United States to lend their minds to producing the first Atomic bombs, but the majority had no idea at the time what their skills were being utilized for since the project was beyond the level of “top secret”. Narrated by Tim Gray.
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