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I was an undergraduate student at cornell university. A group for studying physics. It was clear that they could be not be kept out of the army very long. They were looking for programs in which we could serve, and i really believe that there was Something Else behind it. In the first world war, a man, whom i think was named henry moseley, the youngest and probably the most promising young atomic scientist in the country, had, against the advised advice of his friends and colleagues, had fought in the infantry and died to risk that was a shocking thing to the entire science community. And i think our professors were really trying to save us. It wasnt that los alamos needed me. Tell us about your road to los alamos. Murray well, i was informed by one of my professors that there was this project where i could serve and make use of what little training in physics i already had and that it would be a really good thing to do and, but, it was completely secret, i would be somewhere in the un
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