Los Alamos, Narrated by Todd Nickols
Todd Nickols is the Executive Director of Los Alamos Historical Society (LAHS) and former manager of the Bandelier Trading Company where he worked on several Federal National Park Service initiatives. Nickols tells the story of Los Alamos, where J. Robert Oppenheimer and thousands of scientists built the atomic bomb that would forever change warfare.
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Each one of these 1 minute history lessons is a gem. Taken together, they are giving me a much richer understanding of my country and its history. Thank you to all who helped make this series possible.
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