The Oak Ridge: Story; The Saga of a People Who Share in History (Classic Reprint)

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Introduction IN World War II, when the Japanese were in control of Southern Luzon, they conducted a roundup of persons suspected of unfriendly attitudes. One of these was an elderly American who had resided in the Philippines for many, many years. A Japanese officer questioned him about his nationality. The American replied that he was from Tennessee. A perplexed look crossed the officers face. Then he decreed: You may depart. You are of a non-belligerent nation. Japan has no war with Tennessee. On August 6and August 9, 1945, the Japanese realized in a most dramatic manner that they did indeed have a war with Tennessee, as well as the rest of the United States. On those dates, two atomic bombs shattered the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One was supplied with a new kind of explosive material produced in unprecedented facilities at Oak Ridge, Tennessee; the other with a new kind of explosive material produced at Hanford, Washington. The Atomic A ge had broken over an astounded world. For sheer, stark drama, no single venture in the Twentieth Century approaches the development of atomic energy first as a weapon for use in World War II and, in subsequent years, as a tool to benefit mankind.
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