What is Leslie Groves?
{{Infobox military person |birth_name=Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. |birth_date={{birth date|1896|8|17|mf=yes}} |death_date= {{death date and age|1970|7|13|1896|8|17|mf=yes}} |birth_place=[[Albany, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. |placeofburial=[[Arlington National Cemetery]], [[Virginia]], U.S. |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |image=Leslie Groves.jpg |caption=Leslie Groves, pictured here as a major general. |allegiance={{flag|United States}} |branch={{army|United States}} |serviceyears=1918–1948 |servicenumber= |unit=[[File:United States Army Corps of Engineers logo.svg|25px]] [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Corps of Engineers]] |rank=[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|25px]] [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] |commands=[[Armed Forces Special Weapons Project]]<br />[[Manhattan Project]] |battles=[[World War I]]<br />[[Occupation of Nicaragua]]<br />[[World War II]] |awards=[[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal]]<br />[[Legion of Merit]]<br />[[Order of the Crown (Belgium)]]<br />[[Order of the Bath|Companion of the Order of the Bath]] ([[United Kingdom]])<br />[[Medal of Merit (Nicaragua)|Medal of Merit]] ([[Nicaragua]]) |laterwork=Vice President [[Sperry Rand]] }} [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] '''Leslie Richard Groves Jr.''' (August 17, 1896 – July 13, 1970) was a [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]]. He helped construct [[the Pentagon]] and directed the [[Manhattan Project]], which helped create the [[atomic bomb]] during [[World War II]]. Groves had a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] on July 13, 1970.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11914975/headed_abomb_development_heart/|title=Headed A-Bomb Development – Heart Attack Claims Life Of Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves (1970)|date=15 July 1970 |newspaper=Standard-Speaker|access-date=25 June 2017|pages=1}}</ref> He died a few hours later at the [[Walter Reed Army Medical Cente