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Manhattan Project veterans recall pivotal work and cost
Former workers recount the Manhattan Project and Savannah River Site roles in developing plutonium and tritium for nuclear weapons. They describe excitement amid sacrifices, the wartime push to finish bombs, and mixed reflections on the moral implications.
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Hiroshima
Savannah River
Gilbert McMillan
South Carolina
Hirohito
Manhattan
Tennessee
Oak Ridge
Little Boy
Washington State
Hanford
Don Webster
Glen Seaborg
University of Chicago
Enrico Fermi
Webster
Becky
Manhattan Project
Aiken