Mission City Voices: The Manhattan Project

Long-time Mission City resident Carol Buchser remembers her father and his life in this edition of Mission City Voices.

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, played a critical part in building the atomic bomb and ending World War II. The 1943-1945 period chronicles one of the world’s most significant engineering feats. Oak Ridge also played a critical role in my life. My father, Paul Blakely, graduated from Washington & Lee as a chemist in 1943 and, along … Read more