... graduating from the University of Florida Frank had many jobs before he decided to become a writer. Some of these jobs included: a reporter for the New York Journal, a reporter for the Washington Herald; he was chief of the overseas news agency bureau; he was assistant chief of mission for the Office of War information; he was a correspondent for overseas News agency in ... nuclear weapons was the fear of an accidental explosion or another country bombing. Another thing adding to the fear of Americans was the BRAVO test in 1954 that contaminated 7,000 square miles of land and sea which ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the "Manhattan Project." Several laboratories in the United States were used to work on and develop this weapon of mass destruction. Places like the University of Chicago, Oakridge Tennessee, Hanford Washington, and a remote lab in Los Alamos New Mexico all took part. The towns of Hanford and Oakridge were created just to produce the material that would fuel the bomb. For ... the industrial city of designated target number one, Hiroshima. The bomb composed of uranium was dropped and a force of more than fifteen thousand tons of TNT, instantly, completely devastated ten square kilometers...

• Word Count: 1941
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• Grade Level: High School