61. For a boy growing up in the early years of that era, the bomb was a little bit like God. 62. For all his cockiness, Groves was worried that his bomb would be a dud. 63. Four years after the last U.S. nuclear weapons test in the Nevada desert, the bombs are about to start booming again. 64. Furthermore, he was faced with the prospect of an invasion and he was told that the bomb would be useful for impressing the Soviet Union. 65. He called his wife, Lyzbeth, and told her that a bomb was on the plane. 66. He cried out that a bomb was aboard. 67. Had the bomb been ready in time, he believes, it would have been used on Nazi Germany. 68. He said the bomb was probably the handicraft of local teen-agers and did not appear related to the Olympics. 69. He said those apocalyptic bombs were good to have, but only as a means to deter an enemy. 70. His bombs are entirely handmade, making it harder for the FBI to trace him. |