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Watched part of a History Channel program last night on the American war effort to beat the Nazis in the building of the first A-bomb. The American general put in charge of the project (can't remember his name) was basically given a blank check to get the job done. With that in mind, a city in the Tennessee wilderness was constructed to hold some 70,000 people to work on the Manhatten Project. I think that most of that work involved the procurement/refinement of weapons-grade Uranium. I believe the name of the town was called “Oak Ridge”. Anyone know much about this? Anyone been to the town?Sad part of the story - though probably necessary given the circumstances - was that people living on that land (probably simple country folks) were given a week's notice by the War Department to get their stuff and move out. At the time I don't think they had a clue as to why they had to move since the project was so secretive. Imagine living on the land for generations and then being bumped out all of a sudden. Sad, tumultuous times indeed.
I saw the previews for that episode but did not get a chance to watch. It's really amazing sometimes the things that go on in this country that we dont know about. I did watch the end of 'Hitlers family' and it was talking about how he has nephews and nieces here in the U.S. who live under assumed names and most didnt even have children, as if they didnt even want the blood line to continue.
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