Leslie Groves

Leslie Groves

Acting
Born
August 17, 1896 in Albany, New York, USA
Died
July 13, 1970
Age
Died at age 73

Biography

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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