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The fascinating story of Hanford's secret role in World War II's …Manhattan Project!

At a time when the future of the free world was at stake, a patch of desert in Eastern Washington was at the center of one of America’s biggest gambles. Overnight, the unsuspecting farming town of Hanford, Washington became the site of an urgent WWII mission. It was key to The Manhattan Project…code name for America’s top-secret atomic weapons program. A desperate race was on to beat Nazi Germany to the atom bomb. This is the story of the men and women whose unpredictable destiny marked the beginning of the atomic age.


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