Leslie Groves
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type: NaturalPerson
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type: Q19088
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type: Species
type: Person
type: Animal
type: PersonWithOccupation
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type: Q5
label: Leslie R. Groves @de
label: 레슬리 그로브스 @ko
label: Leslie Richard Groves @fr
label: 莱斯利·理查德·格罗夫斯 @zh
label: レズリー・グローヴス @ja
label: Леслі Гровз @uk
label: ليزلي غروفز @ar
label: Гровс, Лесли @ru
subject: Category:United States Army generals
subject: Category:Military personnel from Albany, New York
subject: Category:American people of French descent
subject: Category:Engineers from New York (state)
subject: Category:American military engineers
subject: Category:Nuclear weapons scientists and engineers
subject: Category:Honorary companions of the Order of the Bath
subject: Category:United States Army personnel of World War I
subject: Category:United States Army generals of World War II
subject: Category:1970 deaths
subject: Category:United States Military Academy alumni
subject: Category:20th-century American engineers
subject: Category:American people of English descent
subject: Category:Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
subject: Category:Manhattan Project people
subject: Category:Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
subject: Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)
subject: Category:United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni
subject: Category:United States Army War College alumni
subject: Category:1896 births
subject: Category:American people of Welsh descent
subject: Category:Recipients of the Legion of Merit
subject: Category:United States Army Corps of Engineers personnel
subject: Category:Operation Alsos
subject: Category:20th-century American Episcopalians
placeofburial label: Place of burial
battles: * World War I ** Banana Wars *** Occupation of Nicaragua * World War II
branch: United States Army
rank: Lieutenant general (United States)
unit: United States Army Corps of Engineers
signature: Leslie Groves Signature.png
width: 35.0
awards: Legion of Merit
awards: Medal of Merit (Nicaragua)|Medal of Merit (Nicaragua)
awards: Companion of the Order of the Bath
awards: Order of the Crown (Belgium)
awards: Army Distinguished Service Medal
birth name: Leslie Richard Groves Jr.
alma mater: United States Military Academy
birth date: 1896-08-17
birth place: Albany, New York, U.S.
death date: 1970-07-13
death place: Washington, D.C., U.S.
source: Kenneth Nichols
resting place: Virginia
resting place: Arlington National Cemetery
quote: First, General Groves is the biggest S.O.B. I have ever worked for. He is most demanding. He is most critical. He is always a driver, never a praiser. He is abrasive and sarcastic. He disregards all normal organizational channels. He is extremely intelligent. He has the guts to make difficult, timely decisions. He is the most egotistical man I know. He knows he is right and so sticks by his decision. He abounds with energy and expects everyone to work as hard or even harder than he does. Although he gave me great responsibility and adequate authority to carry out his mission-type orders, he constantly meddled with my subordinates. However, to compensate for that he had a small staff, which meant that we were not subject to the usual staff-type heckling. He ruthlessly protected the overall project from other government agency interference, which made my task easier. He seldom accepted other agency cooperation and then only on his own terms. During the war and since I have had the opportunity to meet many of our most outstanding leaders in the Army, Navy and Air Force as well as many of our outstanding scientific, engineering and industrial leaders. And in summary, if I had to do my part of the atomic bomb project over again and had the privilege of picking my boss I would pick General Groves.
military unit: United States Army Corps of Engineers
description: generál, vedoucí stavby Pentagonu a projektu Manhattan @cs
description: militaire américain @fr
description: yhdysvaltalainen kenraali @fi
description: американский генерал @ru
description: Lieutenant General der US Army und militärischer Leiter des Manhattan-Projekts @de
description: 미국 육군 장성 @ko
description: מנהל פרויקט מנהטן בצבא ארצות הברית @iw
description: 美国军官（1896年–1970年） @zh
description: amerikansk militär @sv
description: inxenieru estauxunidense (1896–1970) @ast