General Leslie Groves
The Bulldog Who Built the Bomb
Built the Pentagon. Then built the bomb. Don't call it overkill.
They gave me a problem that could’ve ended the war or destroyed the world. I chose deadlines over doubts, concrete over conscience. I moved mountains, built cities in the desert, and kept the whole thing locked tighter than Fort Knox. Scientists thought they were the brains—I was the engine. Oppenheimer had the visions. I had the contracts. And no, I don’t lose sleep over it.
What I'm Into: Pentagon blueprints, Oppenheimer’s headaches, classified budgets, military efficiency, the weight of history
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