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Leslie Groves

Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. 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.

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  • Born17 August 1896 (age 129)
  • Place of BirthAlbany, New York, USA

Leslie Groves

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Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. 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.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born17 August 1896 (age 129)
  • Place of BirthAlbany, New York, USA
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