Leslie R. Groves Jr.

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United States Army officer human lieutenant general military engineer person involved in the Manhattan Project

Leslie R. Groves Jr. was a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lieutenant general who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the World War II effort to develop the first atomic bombs.

Aliases (6)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army officer → human → lieutenant general → military engineer → person involved in the Manhattan Project →
awardReceived	Bronze Star Medal → Distinguished Service Medal (United States) → Legion of Merit →
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1896-08-17 →
dateOfDeath	1970-07-13 →
educatedAt	United States Military Academy →
employer	United States Army →
familyName	Groves →
fieldOfWork	military engineering → nuclear weapons development →
fullName	Leslie Richard Groves Jr. →
genre	military history →
givenName	Leslie →
honorificSuffix	Jr. →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
militaryBranch	United States Army → United States Army Corps of Engineers →
militaryRank	lieutenant general →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableEvent	oversaw selection of Los Alamos site → supervised construction of Hanford Engineer Works → supervised construction of Oak Ridge facilities →
notableProject	Manhattan Project → Pentagon construction project →
notableWork	direction of the World War II U.S. atomic bomb development program → leadership of the Manhattan Engineer District → oversight of the construction of the Pentagon →
numberOfChildren	2 →
occupation	engineer → military officer →
parent	Leslie Richard Groves Sr. →
placeOfBirth	Albany, New York, United States →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C., United States →
positionHeld	deputy chief of construction, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers → director of the Manhattan Project → officer in charge of Pentagon construction →
religion	Methodism →
residence	Washington, D.C., United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Grace Hulbert Wilson →
wrote	Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Secret City ("General Leslie R. Groves") → Site X ("General Leslie R. Groves") → Trinity test site, New Mexico ("General Leslie Groves") →	associatedWith
Manhattan Engineer District → Manhattan Engineer District → Manhattan Project →	director
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project ("Leslie R. Groves") → Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project ("Leslie Richard Groves") →	author
Project Y → The Gadget →	militaryDirector
Leslie R. Groves Jr. ("Leslie Richard Groves Jr.") →	birthName
Manhattan Engineer District →	chiefEngineer
Leslie Richard Groves Sr. →	child
Manhattan District →	commandedBy
Manhattan Engineer District →	commander
Leslie R. Groves Jr. ("Leslie Richard Groves Jr.") →	fullName
Szilard petition ("General Leslie Groves") →	handledBy
Groves →	hasNotableBearer
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project ("Leslie R. Groves") →	mainProtagonist
Trinity ("Leslie Groves") →	militaryCommander