Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. Personal Papers, 1896 - 1970. Records Regarding the Genealogical History of the Groves Family and Biography of Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr., 1970 - 1970.

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Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. Personal Papers, 1896 - 1970. Records Regarding the Genealogical History of the Groves Family and Biography of Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr., 1970 - 1970.

1970

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19078261

This collection contains the self-publication created by Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. concerning his family genealogy and his biography. This publication comes in two formats; the hardcover version is entitled “For My Children,” and the soft cover version is entitled, “Papers of Lieutenant General Leslie R. Groves.”

5 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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Groves, Leslie R. (Leslie Richard), 1896-1970

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Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. The son of a U.S. Army chaplain, Groves lived at various Army posts during his childhood. In 1918, he graduated fourth in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned into the ...