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Leslie Groves, American general and engineer (died 1970)
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Leslie Groves
American military officer (1896–1970)
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.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
August 17
Day of the year
August 17 is the 229th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 136 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)