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- Leslie_Groves abstract "Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. As the son of a United States Army chaplain, Groves lived at a number of Army posts during his childhood. He graduated fourth in his class at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1918 and was commissioned into the US Army Corps of Engineers. In 1929, he went to Nicaragua as part of an expedition whose purpose was to conduct a survey for the Inter-Oceanic Nicaragua Canal. Following the 1931 Nicaragua earthquake, Groves took over responsibility for Managua's water supply system, for which he was awarded the Nicaraguan Presidential Medal of Merit. He attended the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1935 and 1936, and the Army War College in 1938 and 1939, after which he was posted to the War Department General Staff.In 1940 Groves, who "had a reputation as a doer, a driver, and a stickler for duty", became special assistant for construction to the Quartermaster General, tasked with inspecting construction sites and checking on their progress. In August 1941, he was given responsibility for the gigantic office complex to house the War Department's 40,000 staff which would ultimately become the Pentagon. In September 1942, Groves took charge of the Manhattan Project. He was involved in most aspects of the atomic bomb's development. He participated in the selection of sites for research and production at Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Los Alamos, New Mexico; and Hanford, Washington. He directed the enormous construction effort, made critical decisions on the various methods of isotope separation, acquired raw materials, directed the collection of military intelligence on the German nuclear energy project and helped select the cities in Japan that were chosen as targets. Groves wrapped the Manhattan Project in security but failed to prevent the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from conducting a successful espionage program that stole some of its most important secrets.After the war, Groves remained in charge of the Manhattan Project until responsibility for nuclear weapons production was handed over to the United States Atomic Energy Commission in 1947. He then headed the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, which had been created to control the military aspects of nuclear weapons. Groves realized that in the rapidly shrinking postwar military he would not be given any assignment approaching in importance the one he had held in the Manhattan Project, and he decided to leave the Army in 1948. He was promoted to lieutenant general just before his retirement on 29 February 1948 in recognition of his leadership of the bomb program. By a special Act of Congress, his date of rank was backdated to 16 July 1945, the date of the Trinity nuclear test. Groves went on to become a vice-president at Sperry Rand.".
- Leslie_Groves allegiance "United States of America".
- Leslie_Groves award Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army).
- Leslie_Groves award Legion_of_Merit.
- Leslie_Groves award Nicaragua.
- Leslie_Groves award Order_of_the_Bath.
- Leslie_Groves award Order_of_the_Crown_(Belgium).
- Leslie_Groves battle United_States_occupation_of_Nicaragua.
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- Leslie_Groves birthDate "1896-08-17".
- Leslie_Groves birthYear "1896".
- Leslie_Groves deathDate "1970-07-13".
- Leslie_Groves deathPlace Walter_Reed_Army_Medical_Center.
- Leslie_Groves deathYear "1970".
- Leslie_Groves militaryBranch United_States_Army.
- Leslie_Groves militaryCommand "Armed Forces Special Weapons Project".
- Leslie_Groves militaryCommand "Manhattan Project".
- Leslie_Groves occupation Sperry_Corporation.
- Leslie_Groves restingPlace Arlington_National_Cemetery.
- Leslie_Groves serviceEndYear "1948".
- Leslie_Groves serviceStartYear "1918".
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- Leslie_Groves allegiance "United States of America".
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- Leslie_Groves birthName "Leslie Richard Groves, Jr.".
- Leslie_Groves birthPlace Albany,_New_York.
- Leslie_Groves branch "25".
- Leslie_Groves caption "Major General Leslie R. Groves".
- Leslie_Groves commands Armed_Forces_Special_Weapons_Project.
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- Leslie_Groves dateOfBirth "1896-08-17".
- Leslie_Groves dateOfDeath "1970-07-13".
- Leslie_Groves deathDate "1970-07-13".
- Leslie_Groves deathPlace Washington,_D.C..
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- Leslie_Groves laterwork "Vice President Sperry Rand".
- Leslie_Groves name "Groves, Leslie Richard".
- Leslie_Groves placeOfBirth "Albany, New York".
- Leslie_Groves placeOfDeath "Walter Reed Army Medical Center".
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- Leslie_Groves quote "First, General Groves is the biggest S.O.B. I have ever worked for. He is most demanding. He is most critical. He is always a driver, never a praiser. He is abrasive and sarcastic. He disregards all normal organizational channels. He is extremely intelligent. He has the guts to make difficult, timely decisions. He is the most egotistical man I know. He knows he is right and so sticks by his decision. He abounds with energy and expects everyone to work as hard or even harder than he does. Although he gave me great responsibility and adequate authority to carry out his mission-type orders, he constantly meddled with my subordinates. However, to compensate for that he had a small staff, which meant that we were not subject to the usual staff-type heckling. He ruthlessly protected the overall project from other government agency interference, which made my task easier. He seldom accepted other agency cooperation and then only on his own terms. During the war and since I have had the opportunity to meet many of our most outstanding leaders in the Army, Navy and Air Force as well as many of our outstanding scientific, engineering and industrial leaders. And in summary, if I had to do my part of the atomic bomb project over again and had the privilege of picking my boss I would pick General Groves.".
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