Oswald Greager’s Interview
Oswald Greager was a high-ranking DuPont chemist when joined the Army’s Chemical Warfare Service at the start of World War II. He was later transferred to the Manhattan Project’s Hanford site and served as the Army’s liaison at the plutonium separation areas. After the War, Greager returned to Hanford and worked for General Electric as a Technical Manager in the separation areas. In this interview, Greager discusses the production of plutonium, the separation process, and the perils of transporting radioactive material. He also discusses the race against the German for the atomic bomb as well as Hanford’s role after the war ended in 1945.