[HN Gopher] Vannevar Bush: Pieces of the Action
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       Vannevar Bush: Pieces of the Action
        
       Author : mitchbob
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2022-05-09 20:12 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | MichaelZuo wrote:
       | The obscure major general, Leslie Groves, that did most of the
       | nitty gritty work in getting the Manhattan Project up and
       | running, is a fascinating character. He was apparently recruited
       | by General Marshall from his job supervising the construction of
       | the pentagon. He probably had more responsibility on his
       | shoulders than anyone else of equal rank in the war. And probably
       | delivered more than almost everyone in human history...
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       | Very remarkabke for someone who almost quit during his slow
       | progression through the field officer ranks in the army engineer
       | corps.
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       | There's an amazing oral history interview of him recounting his
       | entire experience, except for the still classified portions,
       | here: https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/oral-
       | histories/genera...
        
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