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The Atomic Energy Act of 1946
Scientists became political activists in the debate over control of atomic energy.
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Mack Fitzgerald, 93rd Bombardment Group
Mack Fitzgerald discusses taking part in the 1 August 1943 bombing raid on the oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania.
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A B-24 Pilot Writes To His Girlfriend About Loss in War
"They didn’t have a chance. God I miss them now—and it brings tears to my eyes."
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Ben Bederson, The Manhattan Project
Ben Bederson discusses his time at Los Alamos developing components for the plutonium bomb that that was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.
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"To Bear the Unbearable": Japan's Surrender, Part II
Although a decision to continue the war would mean national suicide, members of the Japanese military came close to refusing Emperor Hirohito’s surrender order.
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