On November 25 1944 I was responsible for three major parts of a deadly weapon. With the three of them combined, it would end thousands of lives.
I was inside of an underground laboratory, building a nuclear bomb. The project name was ¨Manhattan Project¨. I had to use my previous experience of nuclear energy and research on radioactive waves to build such a machine. The first part I built was the Microwave early warning system. It´s job was to signal a warning if the microwaves inside of the bomb were overflowing so it would not explode in the air. I used my research from 1973 about microwaves in order to find the solution for when the bomb is overflowing with nuclear energy. This took me a month of hard work to complete it. I had no time to take a break or be proud of myself for creating such complicated machinery within a month.
The eagle high altitude bombing system is the second part of the Bomb. This took me 4 months to build. The reason why is because it has to be directly attached to the plane's radar system. The objective of this system is to be able to detect its target even on the pilots blind spot. It can also be attached to the radar so when the pilot drops the bomb, it will directly be dropped on what the pilot entered on the radar. After this was built I took a little break from the lab. It was humid and smelled very toxic. It was as if I was in an oil factory. After a week or so I went back to work on the final piece of the bomb.
The final part was the blind landing system which is used for the plane after it drops the bomb. After dropping the bomb, there is a high chance that the radar systems will be shut off. That is why I made it so that the pilot can land the plane blindly. This took me 6 months to build.
I was not happy with my creation because it was used to kill many innocent people on the land of Japan. After I was finished with my part, the other engineers came to add more details and cover the atomic bomb with an iron shell. I went back home and slept immediately , exhausted from the build. Every night I think of when the bomb is going to be dropped and how many people will die from it. I was always devastated with myself for contributing to a killing machine. A few weeks had passed, and the date for the drop date was announced. It was scheduled to be dropped on August sixth. I was living life normally for a while. I woke up and ate breakfast and went to the lab to do more research on radioactive waves. This lifestyle went on for a while and my thoughts about the nuke are starting to fade away so I don't feel as guilty as before. I have been doing more research on waves and was able to understand them well. I was pretty impressed with myself, I was able to multitask and not lose balance in my personal life.
A few more months had passed, and the drop date of the bomb was coming closer. I was a little nervous if I put all the components correctly, and if the bomb was to explode before impact, It would be blamed on me and I do not know what to do. When it was the day before the launch, my boss asked me “are all the components in order”? I answered with a solid “yes, but I will have to do some additional checks.” “alright, just do the checks and let me know if something is off, got it?” he said. I did all of my checks to make sure everything was in order, It was all in order, so I went home and slept. The next day the plane went away into the horizon with the bomb. We were able to track the plane on the radar, the pilot will have to confirm whether the bomb was successfully dropped or not. If he does not answer, it means he did not make it. My heart was racing at this point. I tried to keep myself calm so I sat down and waited. A few hours had passed and I was still panicking. After a while, we had communication from the pilot, and he confirmed the bomb had dropped. The crew and I were so happy and we were all cheering in the room. My boss shook my hand and said “Great Job” “Thank you!!” I said to him, the crew and I went to hangout for the night. During that period I did not think about the guitiness of what I made. I was just relieved that I built everything correctly. As I went home, the guilt started to hit me. I could not stop thinking about the many families that lost one of their members.
After a year, I did not have to build any weapons for the military. It meant a lot to me since I did not want to make anything that will get destroyed in a second and end many lives. I was instead offered by MIT to work at their lab. I am now researching radioactive materials and has made many accomplishments.