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During the month of August, C-SPAN Radio's American Political Archive looks back 60 years to the end of the War in the Pacific.

Hear a 1945 speech by the "father of the atomic bomb," Robert Oppenheimer. We'll also have portions of oral history interviews with some of those who worked on the Manhattan Project, the government's secret effort to develop the atomic bomb. Cindy Kelly, founder and president of the Atomic Heritage Foundation, joins us to talk about the Manhattan Project and her organization's work.

American Political Archive
8/6/2005: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 HR. 22 mins.

We continue our month-long series on the end of the War in the Pacific with oral history interviews with some Japanese-Americans who were forced into U.S. internment camps during World War II. You'll hear the stories of Grant Ichikawa, recorded August 29, 2003; Jean Kariya, recorded February 16, 2004; and Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, recorded August 4, 2005.

Veteran Project , Library of Congress

American Political Archive
8/13/2005: WASHINGTON, DC: 2 hr. 12 mins.

We continue our month-long look back 60 years to the end of the War in the Pacific as we focus on American soldiers. You'll hear a 2002 interview with Army veteran John Stensby, who served as part of the Corregedor defenses and became a Japanese prisoner of war. We'll also have a 1999 interview with Air Force veteran Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

American Political Archive
8/20/2005: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr. 49 mins.

This week, the final program in our series on end of the War in the Pacific. From 1965, hear Gen. Leslie Groves, military director of the Manhattan Project. Listen to Pres. Harry Truman on Sept. 1, 1945, as he tells describes the surrender of the Japanese, and, from Oct. 27, 1945, Pres. Truman's remarks to a Navy Day celebration in New York City's Central Park. Visit Truman Library.

American Political Archive
8/20/2005: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr. 49 mins.


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