In August of 1946, General Leslie Groves, Chief of the Manhattan Project, ordered 60 young officers to Sandia, New Mexico. In a project so wrapped in secrecy that few know of it even a half-century later, Groves charged them to learn how to assemble the early and highly complex atomic bombs. With that goal accomplished, they established a school to train additional assembly teams and the weaponeers and bomb commanders needed for the services' atomic-capable aircraft. Although the wartime atomic scientists believed such tasks lay beyond the ken of military personnel, the Sandia Pioneers...
In August of 1946, General Leslie Groves, Chief of the Manhattan Project, ordered 60 young officers to Sandia, New Mexico. In a project so wrapped ...
Soon after Lincoln's election to president, South Carolina seceded from the Union and six other states followed. Their secession was the principle trigger for the Civil War. This history focuses on the characters who shaped the events that led to secession in the Deep South and the Civil War.
Soon after Lincoln's election to president, South Carolina seceded from the Union and six other states followed. Their secession was the principle tri...
