Theodore Hall
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Theodore Alvin Hall was an American physicist and an atomic spy for the Soviet Union, who, during his work on United States efforts to develop the first and second atomic bombs during World War II, ga
Hall's ID badge photo from Los Alamos
Modern-day Los Alamos aerial view
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"Fat Man"
Edward N. Hall
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Edward Nathaniel Hall was a leading missile development engineer working for the United States and its allies in World War II and the late 20th century. He is known as the father of the Minuteman inte
Theodore Hall
…gave a detailed description of the "Fat Man" plutonium bomb, and of several processes for purifying plutonium, to Soviet intelligence. His brother, Edward N. Hall, was a rocket scientist who led the U.S. Air Force's program to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile, personally designing the Minuteman missile…
1989 drawing of Hall
Missile gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. At top left is a Titan II, then (clockwise) a Titan I, Thor-Agena, Minuteman III, Peacekeeper, Minuteman I, Jupiter a and a Thor missile. In the centre is a silver SM-65 Atlas with a Mercury spacecraft.
Ted Hall (right) with Ed at Ed's home in Palos Verdes in 1980