60th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb

An anonymous reader writes "On July 16, 1945, the world's first nuclear bomb exploded at Trinity Site, New Mexico, marking the beginning of the Nuclear Age. Manhattan Project veteran Herb Lehr has no regrets: 'In a lot of respects I felt as if I had done something worthwhile. I am in no way ashamed of what I had done in any way, shape, matter or form. I did what I was told to do. I did it to the best of my ability.' Lehr will return to Trinity Site for the first time since the explosion. He said, 'I'm just interested in going and seeing it and maybe getting some memories back. Los Alamos was a whole interesting experience. It was something unique. I worked very hard down there.'"

Comments

Way to go USA!!

[Viriatus]

USA made the first weapon of mass destruction. Way to go USA!! You made the world a better place!!

Re:Einstein

[dedazo]

If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker

And maybe we'd all be speaking German and drinking Schnapps. Or sake. Einstein did not have a monopoly on brilliance.

The lesser of all evils, eh?