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As Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ opens, Montgomery County man recalls working on the H-Bomb

“Would you like to help work on the hydrogen bomb?” is not a question many people are asked. Kenneth Ford, who lives in Upper Gwynedd Township, was.

Kenneth Ford, retired nuclear physicist, sits in his home in Gwynedd on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Ford worked on the H-bomb in Los Alamos, N.M., in the early 1950s and knows several people depicted in the new movie "Oppenheimer."
Kenneth Ford, retired nuclear physicist, sits in his home in Gwynedd on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Ford worked on the H-bomb in Los Alamos, N.M., in the early 1950s and knows several people depicted in the new movie "Oppenheimer."Read moreAllie Ippolito / Staff Photographer
    by Jason Nark
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