They ended World War II. They have never been honored.

      In the fall of 1942, the federal government quietly bought 62,000 acres of farmland in an isolated east Tennessee river valley. A secret colony of 75,000 scientists, engineers and laborers worked at break-neck speed for 2 1/2 years.
     This secret colony provided the enriched uranium for the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. These domestic soldiers helped end the war. In the months after the war, thanks was offered by a grateful nation. But in the years and decades to come, this amazing story was never told.
     Why this gross mistake of history happened was both sad and avoidable. In the days ahead I will explain how this mistake happened and why we need to fix it and fix it soon.