By some estimates, over 600,000 people worked on the Manhattan Project. Workers joined the project for very different reasons. The vast majority of the Manhattan Project workers were not aware of what it was trying to accomplish. It was only project officials and top scientists who were aware of the Manhattan Project’s true nature. Bill Wilcox, who worked at Oak Ridge, recalled that when he asked in his job interview what he would be working on, he was only told, “No, can’t tell you. Secret! Secret, secret, secret!” It is impossible to pinpoint all the determining factors for wanting to work on the Manhattan Project, but this article will spotlight some of the main reasons why so many people were willing to work on a top secret wartime project.
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