Leslie Groves
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 55 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 17,1896 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Albany |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | July 13,1970 |
| Died | Washington |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Grace Wilson |
| Books | Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project |
| Children | Richard Hulbert Groves |
| Gwen Groves | |
| Education | Command and General Staff College (CGSC) |
| University of Washington | |
| United States Military Academy | |
| US Army War College | |
| Parents | Leslie Richard Groves, Sr. |
| Gwen née Griffith | |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 475762 |
Leslie Groves Life story
Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. 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.