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Facts and historical fiction pertaining to the Manhattan Project and the development of the first nuclear weapons

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I still remember taking out my chemistry book, so curious, and forming the idea that maybe what they were doing wasn’t right. Bombs…

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It took three days to print those photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Guards were outside the doors. This is all so strange.

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It feels strange taking baby and wedding portraits with everything else going on right now…

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They’re using my photos to explain Hiroshima… I’m so angry, so confused. I didn’t condone this mission. #used

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My photos are in major newspapers across the country. I feel lighter than air!

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I guess I’m going to have to be ready to let the world know that I took all of those pictures, that I knew. So much darkness…

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I love photographing all of the citizens, though it makes me wonder if they have any idea what’s going on here.

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Getting prepared to go on assignment. So much to pack! This is going to take a while…

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Got my four-by-five inch Speed Graphic and my eight-by-10- inch Deardorff view camera. Ready to take some photos.

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Assignment #1 kind of a sad success, farms and hamlets are so quaint and beautiful

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Assignment #1, building site photos #money

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Film is so expensive! I wish I didn’t have to be so careful about taking photos. I feel like I keep missing important details.

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However, when I think about it, I remember that I am the only man for miles with a camera.

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Sometimes I wonder if I should have tried to study photography in school.

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Been shooting photos since I was 12 years old, but it never felt so meaningful until now.

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29th employee in Oak Ridge. It is an honor.

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Sometimes it’s hard to think about the past. Having a stroke awakened me again to how much evil I documented on camera.

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Three beautiful children, a beautiful home in Oak Ridge, and my camera. I have all I will ever need.

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#Photographer #EdWestcott was the first AEC government photographer http://t.co/YUO5v3oUki

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#EdWescott