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Voices of the Manhattan Project (various audio clips/NYT)

A lifetime ago they were plucked from graduate schools and university laboratories in the midst of World War II and and told to report to obscure locations to work on building an atomic bomb. Their work changed the world. Earlier this month, veterans of the Manhattan Project shared their experiences and feelings about the bomb at a gathering at the City University of New York.
Read entire article at NYT