Leslie Groves
Later life
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Groves realized that in the rapidly shrinking postwar military he would not be given any assignment similar in importance to the one he had held in the Manhattan Project, as such posts would go to combat commanders returning from overseas, and he decided to leave the Army. In recognition of his leadership of the Manhattan Project, he received an honorary promotion to [[Lieutenant general (United States)|lieutenant general]] by special Act of Congress,{{cite web |url=https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/leslie-r-groves/ |title=Biographies: Leslie R. Groves |author=|website=National Museum of the United States Army |access-date=July 1, 2023}} effective 24 January 1948, just before his retirement on 29 February 1948. His date of rank was backdated to 16 July 1945, the date of the [[Trinity (nuclear test)|Trinity nuclear test]]. |
Groves realized that in the rapidly shrinking postwar military he would not be given any assignment similar in importance to the one he had held in the Manhattan Project, as such posts would go to combat commanders returning from overseas, and he decided to leave the Army. In recognition of his leadership of the Manhattan Project, he received an honorary promotion to [[Lieutenant general (United States)|lieutenant general]] by special Act of Congress,{{cite web |url=https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/leslie-r-groves/ |title=Biographies: Leslie R. Groves |author=|website=National Museum of the United States Army |access-date=July 1, 2023}} effective 24 January 1948, just before his retirement on 29 February 1948. His date of rank was backdated to 16 July 1945, the date of the [[Trinity (nuclear test)|Trinity nuclear test]]. |
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== Later life == |
== Later life and death == |
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[[File:Atomic Pioneers Awards Washington DC (7649993674).jpg|thumb|From left to right in a November 1969 photo: [[Glenn Seaborg]], President [[Richard Nixon]] and the three awardees of the Atomic Pioneers Award: [[Vannevar Bush]], [[James B. Conant]], and Groves]] |
[[File:Atomic Pioneers Awards Washington DC (7649993674).jpg|thumb|From left to right in a November 1969 photo: [[Glenn Seaborg]], President [[Richard Nixon]] and the three awardees of the Atomic Pioneers Award: [[Vannevar Bush]], [[James B. Conant]], and Groves]] |
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Groves went on to become a vice president at [[Sperry Rand]], an equipment and electronics firm, and moved to [[Darien, Connecticut]], in 1948,{{harvnb|Norris|2002|p=505}} and retired at age 65 in 1961. He also served as president of the [[West Point]] alumni organization, the ''Association of Graduates''. He presented [[General of the Army (United States)|General of the Army]] [[Douglas MacArthur]] the [[Sylvanus Thayer Award]] in 1962, which was the occasion of MacArthur's famous [[s:Duty, honor, country|''Duty, Honor, Country'']] speech to the U.S. Military Academy Corps of Cadets. In retirement, Groves wrote an account of the Manhattan Project entitled ''Now It Can Be Told'', originally published in 1962.{{harvnb|Norris|2002|pp=517–519}} In 1964, he moved back to Washington, D.C.{{harvnb|Norris|2002|p=533}} |
Groves went on to become a vice president at [[Sperry Rand]], an equipment and electronics firm, and moved to [[Darien, Connecticut]], in 1948,{{harvnb|Norris|2002|p=505}} and retired at age 65 in 1961. He also served as president of the [[West Point]] alumni organization, the ''Association of Graduates''. He presented [[General of the Army (United States)|General of the Army]] [[Douglas MacArthur]] the [[Sylvanus Thayer Award]] in 1962, which was the occasion of MacArthur's famous [[s:Duty, honor, country|''Duty, Honor, Country'']] speech to the U.S. Military Academy Corps of Cadets. In retirement, Groves wrote an account of the Manhattan Project entitled ''Now It Can Be Told'', originally published in 1962.{{harvnb|Norris|2002|pp=517–519}} In 1964, he moved back to Washington, D.C.{{harvnb|Norris|2002|p=533}} |
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