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Los Alamos, NM (Project Y)
Historical Information
| Web Master's Note: The four "buttons" immediately below still work but we have added a much more thorough, chronological history of Los Alamos HERE |
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Provisional Military Police Battalion Yearbook
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Photos
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Jumbo at Trinity - 1945 |
History
| Web Master's Note: For a complete history of Los Alamos during the war years, "click" on the link below. From the page "Why was Los Alamos Needed?", you will be able to navigate through 20 additional pages of Los Alamos history in chronological order. |
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The "Little Boy" Bomb |
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The "Fat Man" Bomb |
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Why was Los Alamos Needed? |
| Trinity Test - "Blinding Dawn" (pdf) Albuquerque Journal - 1995 | |
| Raemer Schreiber - "Nuclear Naivete" (pdf) Albuquerque Journal - 1995 | |
| Trinity - Proving Ground (pdf) Albuquerque Journal - 1995 | |
| In Oppenheimer's Orbit (pdf) Albuquerque Journal - 1995 |
Other
Related Books
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Standing By and Making Do: Women of War Time Los Alamos - by: Jane Wilson with Charlotte Serber. |
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Los Alamos Beginning of an Era: 1943 - 1945 - by: Los Alamos National Laboratory. |
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In the Shadow of Los Alamos: Selected Writings of Edith Warner - Edited by Patrick Burns. |
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Twilight Time: A Soldier's Role in the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos - by: Ralph C. Sparks. |
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12 MORE BOOKS!!! |
Related Documents
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Internal memorandum to Los Alamos personnel signed by the Director, J. Robert Oppenheimer. This memo stresses the need for continued secrecy after the public announcement of the bombing of Hiroshima. Dated August 6, 1945. |
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This document is an internal memorandum to "All Military and Civilian Personnel - Manhattan District" congratulating them on their success. This memo is dated August 9, 1945 and is signed by Maj. General Leslie R. Groves, Manhattan Engineer District. |
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12 MORE DOCUMENTS!!! |
Related Articles
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Front page of the Santa Fe New Mexican dated August 6, 1945. Headline reads "Los Alamos Secret Disclosed by Truman". Unfortunately the small print is unreadable in this format, but the headlines and sub-headings give adequate testimony to that era. Two of the sub-headings on this page are: "Now They Can Be Told Aloud, Those Stories of 'the Hill' " and "Tomato Juice Off Rationing". |
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"Terribly More Terrible"; This article appeared in Life Magazine in August of 1945 and is based on an interview with J. Robert Oppenheimer; the last part of this interview is missing and we apologize, however, this portion is very interesting; |
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14 MORE ARTICLES!!! |
Other Information
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Close to 100 scientists and administrators played a MAJOR role at Los Alamos, including 20 Nobel laureates. See their photos and biographies here! |
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During World War II, Monroe Messinger was recruited into the SED and assigned to the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, NM. As a sergeant, Monroe was in charge of the 35 or so men who comprised the very first Special Engineering Detachment at Los Alamos. This story illustrates how the Corp. of Engineers - Manhattan District recruited young, college educated men & women and the series of events that finally took them to that remote area in New Mexico - Los Alamos. |
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