| Title: |
Frank O'Sullivan
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Texas, San Antonio. Institute of Texan Cultures
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| Collection: |
Institute of Texan Cultures Oral History Collection
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| Description: |
Retired Lt. Col. Frank O’Sullivan recalls his part in the development of the atomic bomb. Beginning when he first received orders to report to a place neither he nor his superiors knew existed, he details the combined civilian and military effort at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, including the problems caused by such extreme secrecy, the success of the first atomic bomb test in New Mexico, and finally, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1984 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
O'Sullivan, Frank
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Document location: |
San Antonio, TX
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| Document date: |
06-Aug-1984
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| Interviewer: |
Sweeney, James B.
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; San Antonio, TX; Texas; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Community; Culture; Local history; North America; Oral history; San Antonio, TX; Texas; Texas--History; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0029050-32088
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