Robert Furman's Interview

Robert Furman served as General Leslie Groves' personal assistant throughout the war. He coordinated and was a part of the Alsos Mission, which involved harrowing espionage missions across Europe to interrogate Italian and German scientists, seize uranium ore, and gain intelligence on the extent of Nazi efforts to build the atomic bomb. Furman also accompanied half of Little Boy's uranium ore across the Pacific to Tinian aboard the doomed USS Indianapolis. After the war, Furman was sent on a special mission to Japan to investigate whether any efforts had been made by the Japanese to develop a nuclear weapon. Furman recalls General Leslie Groves' determination and the scientists' frustration over his emphasis on secrecy.
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