An account, from first to last, of the secret and remote wartime project that helped build the world's first atomic bomb. The story of Hanford is told in the words of the people who were there, from the scientists and engineers who designed it, to the workers and technicians who built and operated it. The human stories behind the pivotal role that Hanford played in the success of the Manhattan Project and the overall war effort are relayed through archival photographs and firsthand accounts.
Two expert historians put the wartime recollections into context with introductory and closing chapters.
These
personal and often poignant recollections reveal the shock of being moved from
the land, the wonder of the immensity of the job, the urgency of the pioneering
scientific development, the ingenuity of solving hundreds of problems under wartime
conditions, and the patriotic cloak of secrecy.
