Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 17, 1896
Died
July 13, 1970 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Albany, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Leslie Richard Groves Jr.
- Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr.
- Lieutenant General Leslie Groves
Leslie Groves
Biography
Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II.
