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William Spindel

William Spindel was in the Special Engineer Detachment at Oak Ridge and Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Spindel worked in a group that helped make coatings for the implosion bomb. He also witnessed the Trinity Test, which he describes as “the most intimidating minute of my life.” Spindel also knew David Greenglass, a notorious Soviet spy, who tried to convince Spindel to become a spy.