8.+J.+Robert+Oppenheimer+and+the+Manhattan+Project

Dear Diary, It’s a success! This day July 16th 1945 shall go down in history. In the desserts of Alamogordo, New Mexico we have successfully detonated the world’s first nuclear bomb (J Robert). The flash of the bomb was able to be seen from over 180 miles away fallowed through with a defening road and a shockwave that almost knocked me off my feet (Danzer). The project codenamed “The Manhattan Project” was one of the biggest kept secrets in our nation’s history and I was able to be part of it. The Manhattan Project was a secret task force created by President Roosevelt; they would be responsible for making the atom bomb (J Robert). Our project was based out of Los Alamos, New Mexico. At our peak we had about 600,000 people involved with the project, but not many of them knew the purpose of it (Danzer). It was even reported that President Truman didn’t even know about the project until he came into office (Danzer). Our director for the project was an American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Danzer). He directed the teams of scientists which included me. The bombs we built consisted mainly of either Uranium or Plutonium both which are radioactive elements (Manhattan). After the bomb was built a large group of the physicists responsible for creating the bombs about 70, not including me, believed it would be immoral to use the bomb in warfare and signed a petition to send to the president advising that he does not use the bomb (Manhattan). Whether or not he decides to use the bombs though is completely up to him though. I believe that the research and discoveries that were found during this project will last a lifetime and will hopefully defend America and uphold freedom throughout the world. Works Cited "Manhattan Project." __Manhattan Project__. 04 Sep 2002. 19 Mar 2009 . "J. Robert Oppenheimer." __A Science Odyssey__. 1998. Pbs. 19 Mar 2009 . Danzer, Gerald, et al. __The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century.__ Evanston: McDougal Littell Inc, 2003.