Engineer Helped Build First Atomic Bomb

Brandon Sun, The (December 16, 2008)

Author: Cosgrove, Colleen
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Summary:

Flanked by family pictures, McKie is reluctant at first and struggles to find the words; but soon, memories of the 17 months he spent as a chemical engineer helping construct the world's first atomic bomb, come streaming out.

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Engineer Helped Build First Atomic Bomb

At the age of 85, Bill McKie's military demeanour is still apparent as he settles back into the couch to share his experience as employee No. 223 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico during the 1940s.

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