
Last Podcast On The Left Episode 538: The Manhattan Project Part VI - The Greatest Generation
Radiation Sickness Horrors
- Radiation sickness caused horrific symptoms, including hair loss, bleeding, and organ failure.
- One boy had to pick maggots and flies from his mother's exposed wounds.
Demon Core Accidents
- The Demon Core, a plutonium core, caused two accidents at Los Alamos.
- One scientist died of leukemia decades later, while another died nine days after exposure.
MacArthur's Occupation
- MacArthur led the occupation of Japan fairly, instituting positive changes like women's suffrage.
- His main goal was to make Japan a US ally against the Soviets in the Cold War.
This week to conclude the story of The Manhattan Project, we pick back up with the surrender of Japan, the harrowing long term consequences the bombings left on it's victims, and how it all connects back to a mysterious crash in Roswell, New Mexico in the summer 1947.
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