The Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association, Inc.

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T/3 William R. Stewart Collection

Western Union Telegram (LAP-WSTE-007)

This amazing telegram alludes to the importance that William Stewart played in Operation Crossroads.  From Los Alamos Director, Norris Bradbury (Successor to Oppenheimer) to Stewart's Draft Board: "Unless draft board release for William R. Stewart, discharged veteran is sent immediately, atomic bomb navy test will be delayed."

 

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